This 43rd Amendment relates to a total of 60 Standards, 8 of which are new Standards based on Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA), 26 stay identical but change format of how they are presented and another 26 are related to materials with pre-existing Standards, which needed updating.
The Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA), was introduced by IFRA in 2005 with the aim to provide a better evaluation and regulation of fragrance materials that have a potential to induce skin sensitization. The QRA is based on safety assessment factors and exposure levels of various consumer product types that are grouped into 11 product categories. “This new approach is a much more refined approach for evaluating sensitizing materials, and so provides more precise guidance on use levels of materials depending on the situation and the product in which they are used; ultimately it will better protect the consumer from becoming sensitized to a specific material,” the IFRA explains in a release.
