Fragrance allergens

EU unlikely to require general warning statement "can cause allergic reaction" on fragrance labeling following an Oct. 5 meeting of the European Commission's Committee on Adaptation to Technical Progress. EU member states felt the caveat "would not add anything to the important information and may even be potentially misleading," Colipa says. Instead, the Cosmetic Directive amendment probably will require only ingredient labeling of 24 known fragrance allergens. The draft is expected to be released in November and voted on in December. A vote on the proposal had been planned for Oct. 5, but was postponed due to technical errors in the text (1"The Rose Sheet" Sept. 25, In Brief)