IFRA amends again

The International Fragrance Association will issue the 42 amendment to its Code of Practice this spring, according to IFRA Scientific Director Matthias Vey. The amendment will establish new standards for the use of 40 to 50 fragrance ingredients based on the association's newly implemented Quantitative Risk Assessment approach for determining dermal sensitization of fragrance materials in consumer products. Some ingredients already subject to IFRA standards will incur new usage restrictions under the 42 amendment; other ingredients included in the new rule have not been previously regulated by IFRA. After a letter of notification is made public, manufacturers will have four weeks to implement the new standards for new fragrance compounds and 24 months for existing ones. The quantitative approach to assessing fragrance allergenicity was codified in May 2006 via the 40 amendment to IFRA's Code of Practice (1"The Rose Sheet" Jan. 8, 2007, p. 3)...

The International Fragrance Association will issue the 42 amendment to its Code of Practice this spring, according to IFRA Scientific Director Matthias Vey. The amendment will establish new standards for the use of 40 to 50 fragrance ingredients based on the association's newly implemented Quantitative Risk Assessment approach for determining dermal sensitization of fragrance materials in consumer products. Some ingredients already subject to IFRA standards will incur new usage restrictions under the 42 amendment; other ingredients included in the new rule have not been previously regulated by IFRA. After a letter of notification is made public, manufacturers will have four weeks to implement the new standards for new fragrance compounds and 24 months for existing ones. The quantitative approach to assessing fragrance allergenicity was codified in May 2006 via the 40 amendment to IFRA's Code of Practice (¹ (Also see "RIFM Will Work On Filling Ingredient Group Gaps, QRA Implementation In 2007" - HBW Insight, 8 Jan, 2007.), p. 3)....