What are IFRA regulations?
For four decades, the IFRA Standards have set the boundaries for fragrance creation – ensuring that people can enjoy the art of perfumery with confidence. The IFRA Standards ban, limit or set criteria for the use of certain ingredients, based on scientific evidence and consumer insights.
What is IFRA Compliance?
What is IFRA? IFRA stands for the International Fragrance Association. This is an industry body that represents the fragrance industry worldwide. The standards may limit or ban the use of a certain fragrance, and the IFRA certificate allows the manufacturer of the fragrance-based product to be compliant.
Is IFRA mandatory?
Scope and application. Adherence to the IFRA Code of Practice is mandatory for all companies that are members of IFRA. These companies include Regular Members, Supporting Members and members of National Associations. The criteria for IFRA membership can be found in the IFRA bylaws.
What is the purpose of IFRA?
IFRA is the official self-regulatory representative body of the fragrance industry worldwide. Its main purpose is to ensure the safety of fragrance materials through a dedicated science program.
What IFRA category is candles?
Category 12: Air care not intended for direct skin contact. This category includes candles, wax melts, and other products that are not intended to be used on the skin.
What is IFRA fragrance oil?
This stands for the International Fragrance Association. This is an industry body that represents the fragrance industry worldwide. An IFRA Certificate of Conformity is usually required for your Safety Assessment for each individual fragrance oil.
What IFRA category are reed diffusers?
category 11
As you can see, we are yet to reach the compliance date for existing products meaning that you can continue to use the maximum percentage allowed under the IFRA 48th Amendment category 11 (the original classification for reed diffusers) until this date however it is important to keep in mind that you cannot continue to …
What kind of research does the RIFM do?
RIFM’s robust scientific program covers comprehensive Human Health and Environmental endpoints. The RIFM Human Health Science Program The RIFM Environmental Program The RIFM Database Assessment Tools Fragrance Safety
Where can I find the RIFM safety assessments?
To view the publicly published RIFM Safety Assessments on the Elsevier Fragrance Material Safety Assessment Resource Center, click here. Complete Safety Assessments and more information on the Safety Assessment process are available from the Member Fragrance Safety page in the More Information section towards the bottom of the page.
What is the RIFM fragrance ingredient safety assessment?
The RIFM Fragrance Safety Program Fragrance Ingredient Safety Assessments RIFM Fragrance Ingredient Safety Assessments are a cost effective solution for the fragrance industry that takes advantage of advances in Computational toxicology In vitromethodologies
How many raw materials are in the RIFM database?
The RIFM Database is the most comprehensive, worldwide source of toxicology data, literature and general information on fragrance and flavor raw materials, classifying more than 6000 materials.