Noticias de IFRA

The new regu­la­tion crea­tes a stand-alo­ne legal fra­me­work for ECHA and incor­po­ra­tes the Scien­ti­fic Com­mit­tee on Con­su­mer Safety (SCCS) into the agency

The Euro­pean Com­mis­sion has con­fir­med it will not pur­sue a full legis­la­ti­ve overhaul of REACH (Regis­tra­tion, Eva­lua­tion, Autho­ri­sa­tion and Res­tric­tion of Che­mi­cals), a deci­sion IFRA wel­co­mes as pro­vi­ding much nee­ded cer­tainty for the fra­gran­ce industry.

The Euro­pean Che­mi­cals Agency (ECHA) Risk Assess­ment Com­mit­tee (RAC) adop­ted an Opi­nion at its 77^th Ple­nary mee­ting, held in June 2026, clas­sif­ying l‑Carvone (EC 229−352−5, CAS 6485−40−1) and spear­mint oil (EC -, CAS 8008−79−5) as Toxic for Repro­duc­tion Cate­gory 2 (Repr. 2; H361d).

Ani­mal-free Che­mi­cal Safety Assess­ment and Road­map Imple­men­ta­tion Con­fe­ren­ce 1 – 3 June 2026.

The Inter­na­tio­nal Fra­gran­ce Asso­cia­tion (IFRA) is taking part in the World Per­fu­mery Con­gress 2026, held from 23 to 25 June 2026 at the Mon­te­rey Con­fe­ren­ce Cen­ter in Mon­te­rey, Cali­for­nia, in the Uni­ted States.

Strong sta­kehol­der enga­ge­ment sup­ports refi­ne­ment of Stan­dards and guidance.

The Natio­nal Asso­cia­tion of Manu­fac­tu­rers of Aro­ma­tic Pro­ducts (ANF­PA), IFRA’s mem­ber asso­cia­tion in Mexi­co, has published a detai­led fea­tu­re on IFRA Amend­ment 52 in Per­fu­me­ría Moder­na, one of Latin Ame­ri­ca’s fore­most tra­de publi­ca­tions for the fra­gran­ce and cos­me­tics industry.

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.

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.

Event high­lights latest insights on skin sen­si­ti­sa­tion, fra­gran­ce allergy and risk assessment