Brazil

ABI­FRA, the Bra­zi­lian Asso­cia­tion of Indus­tries of Essen­tial Oils, Aro­ma­tic Che­mi­cal Pro­ducts, Fra­gran­ces, Fla­vors and Rela­ted Pro­ducts, repre­sents com­pa­nies that supply ingre­dients to the cos­me­tics, per­so­nal care, home care, food and beve­ra­ge, phar­ma­ceu­ti­cal and pet care chains in Bra­zil. Its mis­sion is to pro­mo­te actions that strengthen the natio­nal industry whi­le dis­se­mi­na­ting inter­na­tio­nal stan­dards of pro­duct qua­lity and safety to the mar­ket, con­su­mers and government.

Mis­sion

To fos­ter the sus­tai­na­ble deve­lop­ment of the sec­tor through trans­pa­rent and colla­bo­ra­ti­ve sup­port to our mem­bers, acti­vely encou­ra­ging good mar­ket prac­ti­ces and diver­sity, and attrac­ting new invest­ment to dri­ve inno­va­tion and exce­llen­ce across the industry.

Vision

To be an inno­va­ti­ve and sus­tai­na­ble orga­ni­sa­tion, recog­ni­sed natio­nally and inter­na­tio­nally as a refe­ren­ce for initia­ti­ves that mat­ter to the sec­tors we repre­sent, impro­ving the reality of com­pa­nies, the envi­ron­ment and con­su­mers whi­le acting with proac­ti­vity, ethics, diver­sity and credibility.

Key facts

Mem­bership: 53 mem­ber com­pa­nies supplying the fra­gran­ce, fla­vour and essen­tial oils chains.

Tech­ni­cal work: Dedi­ca­ted wor­king groups cover areas such as regu­la­tory affairs for fra­gran­ces and fla­vours, GHS, qua­lity, che­mi­cal subs­tan­ces, foreign tra­de, sus­tai­na­bi­lity, bio­di­ver­sity and labelling.

Affi­lia­tions: Mem­ber of IFRA (The Inter­na­tio­nal Fra­gran­ce Asso­cia­tion) and IOFI (Inter­na­tio­nal Orga­ni­za­tion of the Fla­vour Industry), both of which fund and imple­ment scien­ti­fic pro­gram­mes that esta­blish good manu­fac­tu­ring prac­ti­ces and ensu­re the safe use of fra­gran­ce and fla­vour ingredients.