Identifying potentially problematic fragrance ingredients using hazard-based criteria, the Fragrance Creators Association cautions, is a “blunt-force approach” which inadequately measures actual ingredient risk or the likelihood of harm and could lead to a problematic regulatory environment.
In a white paper, Fragrance Creators advocates for the risk-based framework for ingredient assessments that has long guided the industry and pokes holes in arguments for a hazard-based approach. Authored by Darci Ferrer, Fragrance Creators’ chief scientist, and Robert Bedoukian, president of aroma and flavor ingredients supplier Bedoukian Research Inc
Industry members are expected soon to be subject to more hazard-heavy guidelines through the European Commission’s Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability, part of the Green New Deal program