TAGS: Perfumes & Fragrances
The International Fragrance Association (IFRA) has announced the latest update to its flagship fragrance safe use program, the IFRA Standards.
Maximum Use Levels on Certain Fragrances
The IFRA Standards set maximum use levels on the use of certain fragrances in finished consumer goods products based on scientific research into potential health and environmental effects. The Standards – which also set purity rules or may ban certain ingredients for fragrance applications – are derived from scientific assessments by the Research Institute for Fragrance Materials (RIFM) with independent oversight by the Expert Panel for Fragrance Safety.
The latest update, known formally as the ‘Notification of the 49
th Amendment to the IFRA Code of Practice’, represents the most significant change to the Standards in many years. The updated Standards are derived from a new safety assessment approach, include rules based on overall consumer use of fragranced products, and feature new and revised product categories.
New Standards for Dermal Sensitization
There are 25 new Standards, taking the total number to 214. There are also changes to around 100 existing Standards. The new Standards for dermal sensitization are based on a new assessment methodology, known as Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA2), which has been developed through a multi-stakeholder process involving dermatologists, academics, the industry and other stakeholders.
The platform for this development was the International Dialogue on the Evaluation of Allergens (IDEA).
“
We want consumers to continue to enjoy fragranced products with confidence. The IFRA Standards are our contribution to setting an industry-wide global framework and guidance for every manufacturer and compounder to follow. This boosts transparency while ensuring there is space for creativity and innovation,” commented Martina Bianchini, president, IFRA.
Fragrance ingredient manufacturers and compounders around the world will have until 10 February 2021 to comply with the new Standards for new fragrance creations, and until 10 February 2022 for existing creations. The new Standards were developed over several years and were subject to a lengthy global stakeholder consultation in 2019.
Source: IFRA