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Matthias Vey addres­sed the par­ti­ci­pants of the Ger­man Cos­me­tic Industry Asso­cia­tion IKW at their semi­nar Kos­me­tik und Recht in Munich Ger­many on June 25.

The­se are all the gui­dan­ce docu­ments for the 51^st amend­ments to the IFRA Standards

IFRA Glo­bal Fra­gran­ce Sum­mit 2025 – Scent Con­nec­tions: early pro­gram highlights

Euro­pean Com­mis­sion Road­map towards pha­sing out ani­mal tes­ting in che­mi­cal safety assessment

Gene­va, 27 January 2025 – The Inter­na­tio­nal Fra­gran­ce Asso­cia­tion (IFRA) has today laun­ched its Annual Report 2024 in video for­mat, show­ca­sing sig­ni­fi­cant achie­ve­ments in sus­tai­na­bi­lity, scien­ti­fic inno­va­tion, and safety stan­dards across the glo­bal fra­gran­ce industry. The video report is now avai­la­ble at www​.ifraan​nual​re​port​.com and pro­vi­des an enga­ging over­view of IFRA’s efforts and miles­to­nes from the past year.

The IFRA Analy­ti­cal Wor­king Group (AWG) relea­sed a new analy­ti­cal gui­de­li­ne on 21 January 2025, detai­ling a LC-MS method for analy­zing nine para­bens in fra­gran­ce raw materials.

Gene­va, 28 March 2024 – The Inter­na­tio­nal Fra­gran­ce Asso­cia­tion (IFRA) is plea­sed to announ­ce the com­men­ce­ment of its 2024 Volu­me of Use (VoU) sur­vey. The VoU sur­vey is a cru­cial initia­ti­ve con­duc­ted around every four years to com­pi­le com­prehen­si­ve data on the volu­mes of fra­gran­ce ingre­dients uti­li­zed in the pro­duc­tion of fra­gran­ce mix­tu­res. The sur­vey unders­co­res IFRA’s unwa­ve­ring com­mit­ment to pro­mo­ting safety, trans­pa­rency, and sus­tai­na­bi­lity within the glo­bal fra­gran­ce industry.

IFRA issues a series of gui­dan­ce docu­ments to sup­port its mem­bers in their work – hel­ping them to ensu­re the con­ti­nued safe use and enjoy­ment of fra­gran­ce mate­rials in a way that res­pects health and the environment.A selec­tion of public gui­dan­ce docu­ments is on the link below.