SCCP reviews fragrance assessment procedures
Test methods used by the International Fragrance Association to assess the sensitivity of skin to fragrance products are to be investigated by the EU’s scientific committee on consumer products (SCCP). It will check the effectiveness of this new exposure-based methodological approach called a ‘dermal sensitisation quantitative risk assessment’ (QRA).
Test methods used by the International Fragrance Association to assess the sensitivity of skin to fragrance products are to be investigated by the EU’s scientific committee on consumer products (SCCP). It will check the effectiveness of this new exposure-based methodological approach called a ‘dermal sensitisation quantitative risk assessment’ (QRA).
EU experts will advise the European Commission about the methodology because the association regards it as "the core strategy for primary prevention of dermal sensitisation to these materials in consumer products”. It will also “determine global fragrance industry product management practices for potentially sensitising fragrance ingredients”. The SCCP will consider early QRA tests on fragrances citral, farnesol, phenylacetaldehyd to decide whether the system is “appropriate to assess the sensitisation potential of fragrance substances in cosmetic products and set use restrictions...” The committee will also consider whether the QRA could assess “the risk posed by sensitising cosmetic ingredients other than fragrances”.