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IFRA-IOFI GHS Labelling Manual

The GHS Labe­lling Manual pro­vi­des gui­dan­ce for fra­gran­ce and fla­vor com­pa­nies based on Uni­ted Nations rules on clas­si­fi­ca­tion and labe­lling of chemicals.

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What is the Labelling Manual?

The IFRA-IOFI GHS Labe­lling Manual assigns hazard clas­si­fi­ca­tions and labe­lling gui­dan­ce for fra­gran­ce and fla­vor mate­rials follo­wing the rules of the Uni­ted Nations Glo­bally Har­mo­ni­zed Sys­tem of Clas­si­fi­ca­tion and Labe­lling of Che­mi­cals (GHS) and the UN Recom­men­da­tions on the Trans­port of Dan­ge­rous Goods (TDG).

Pre­pa­red by the IFRA-IOFI GHS Task For­ce, the GHS Labe­lling Manual clas­si­fies fra­gran­ce and fla­vour mate­rials follo­wing the cri­te­ria laid out in the Uni­ted Nations GHS gui­dan­ce docu­ment, known as the ​‘Pur­ple Book’.

The GHS Labe­lling Manual con­tains all clas­si­fi­ca­tions that have been rati­fied by the GHS Task For­ce sin­ce its crea­tion in autumn 2008.

A new edi­tion of the GHS Labe­lling Manual is pro­du­ced in January each year and is dis­tri­bu­ted to IFRA and IOFI mem­bers, downs­tream asso­cia­tions world­wi­de and other inter­es­ted parties.

Implementation and availability

After the publi­ca­tion of the GHS Labe­lling Manual, IFRA and IOFI mem­bers are encou­ra­ged to imple­ment the new or modi­fied clas­si­fi­ca­tions within six months.

The infor­ma­tion in the GHS Labe­lling Manual repre­sents the views of the IFRA-IOFI GHS Task For­ce. It does not crea­te an industry stan­dard, and is pro­vi­ded as only one sour­ce of infor­ma­tion to be con­si­de­red in deve­lo­ping war­nings or labelling.

In addi­tion, it does not cons­ti­tu­te the fin­dings of safety or a judg­ment as to whether any pro­duct requi­res spe­cial handling.

The GHS Labe­lling Manual is dis­tri­bu­ted free of char­ge upon request.

The GHS Labe­lling Manual is avai­la­ble via Sha­re­point (for IFRA mem­bers), or by con­tac­ting their Natio­nal Asso­cia­tion.