Asociación Internacional de Fragancias

The Inter­na­tio­nal Fra­gran­ce Asso­cia­tion (IFRA) wel­co­mes the road­map pre­sen­ted today by the Euro­pean Com­mis­sion to pha­se out ani­mal tes­ting for che­mi­cal safety assess­ments – a miles­to­ne for inno­va­tion, ani­mal wel­fa­re, and modern, human-rele­vant safety science.

Caro­li­ne Li, Direc­tor of the APAC Region at IFRA, recently met with Ms Yan Jiang-Ying, Chair­man of the Chi­na Asso­cia­tion of Fra­gran­ce, Fla­vour and Cos­me­tic Indus­tries (CAFF­CI), in Bei­jing, Chi­na. The mee­ting pro­vi­ded an oppor­tu­nity to build on the two orga­ni­za­tions’ long-stan­ding part­nership and to map out futu­re joint initiatives.Discussions cen­tred on three key areas: upco­ming colla­bo­ra­ti­ve pro­jects and workshop topics; regu­la­tory deve­lop­ments and how both asso­cia­tions can sup­port their mem­bers in navi­ga­ting evol­ving lands­ca­pes; and mutual know­led­ge exchan­ge bet­ween inter­na­tio­nal and domes­tic industry sta​kehol​ders​.As a con­cre­te out­co­me, IFRA and CAFF­CI offi­cially agreed to esta­blish a regu­lar dia­lo­gue bet­ween the two asso­cia­tions — for­ma­li­zing a com­mit­ment to sus­tai­ned, struc­tu­red collaboration.

The recent incor­po­ra­tion of maxi­mum accep­ta­ble con­cen­tra­tions (MAC) for AVO (Acetyly­ted veti­ver Oil) and Citral in the Annex III of the EU Cos­me­tic Regu­la­tion repre­sent impor­tant achie­ve­ments in IFRAs ongoing enga­ge­ment in ingre­dient defense.