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Activities by the European Commission to develop the Roadmap towards phasing out animal testing in chemical safety assessment are intensifying, as the publication is planned for early 2026. IFRA continues to actively engage in relevant stakeholder events to contribute to this evolving discussion.
The Animal-Free Chemical Safety Assessment Conference took place in Brussels on 4–6 March 2025; a flash report is available here. On 16–17 June 2025, the European Commission, in collaboration with ECHA, will host a third workshop to present and consult on draft recommendations and milestones of the Roadmap: link.
The report of the European Commission’s December 2023 workshop on the Roadmap has been published here.
Recommendations from the June 2024 multi-stakeholder roundtable, which included IFRA’s participation, have been published in ALTEX: link.
A robust and comprehensive Roadmap is critical to maintaining fragrance innovation in the medium to long term, avoiding unnecessarily conservative safety assessments, and ensuring the continued defence of fragrance ingredients.
31 August 2026
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IFRA publishes End of Consultation Letter for the 52nd Amendment to the IFRA Standards
The International Fragrance Association (IFRA) has published the End of Consultation Letter for the 52nd Amendment to the IFRA Standards, following the close of the consultation period on 12 June 2026.
31 August 2026
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IFRA sets out fragrance safety approach at ASEAN cosmetic workshop in Manila
More than 90 participants, many of them from small and medium-sized enterprises, attended the two-day workshop hosted by the Chamber of Cosmetic Industry of the Philippines.
08 August 2026
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Behind the Scents podcast: How the IFRA Standards keep fragrance safe
In the second episode of the IFRA Behind the Scents Podcast, the association’s Vice President, Scientific Affairs explains how the rules of global fragrance safety are written – and why only a fraction of the perfumer’s palette carries a restriction.