| Category: |
| flavor and fragrance agents |
| RIFM Fragrance Material Safety Assessment: Search |
| IFRA Code of Practice Notification of the 49th Amendment to the IFRA Code of Practice |
| IFRA Critical Effect: |
| Dermal sensitization, Phototoxicity |
| IFRA fragrance material specification: |
| Verbena absolute obtained from Lippia citriodora Kunth, should not be used as a fragrance ingredient at a level over 1% in fragrance compounds. This recommendation is based on test results of RIFM showing sensitization reaction at 12% and no sensitization reaction at 2%. There is no evidence of photoxicity at 100% on hairless mice (private communication to IFRA). |
| contains the following IFRA (Annex) restricted components: (non-analysis max. level reference only) |
| citral | Max. Found: 25.6 % and Reason: Sensitization |
| citronellol | Max. Found: 0.45 % and Reason: Sensitization |
| eugenol | Max. Found: 0.55 % and Reason: Sensitization |
| geraniol | Max. Found: 4.1 % and Reason: Sensitization |
| methyl eugenol | Max. Found: 0.1 % and Reason: Sensitization |
| trans-asarone | Max. Found: 0.1 % and Reason: Carcinogenicity |
| cis-asarone | Max. Found: 0.01 % and Reason: Carcinogenicity |
| alpha-cedrene | Max. Found: 0.5 % and Reason: Sensitization |
| beta-cedrene | Max. Found: 0.1 % and Reason: Sensitization |
| View the IFRA Standard |
| View IFRA Standards Library for complete information. |
| Please review Amendment 49 IFRA documentation for complete information. |
| IFRA RESTRICTION LIMITS IN THE FINISHED PRODUCT (%): |
| Category 1: Products applied to the lips |
| 0.12 % |
| Category 2: Products applied to the axillae |
| 0.037 % |
| Category 3: Products applied to the face/body using fingertips |
| 0.74 % |
| Category 4: Products related to fine fragrance |
| 0.69 % |
| Category 5: Products applied to the face and body using the hands (palms), primarily leave-on |
| Category 5A: Body lotion products applied to the body using the hands (palms), primarily leave-on |
| 0.17 % |
| Category 5B: Face moisturizer products applied to the face using the hands (palms), primarily leave-on |
| 0.17 % |
| Category 5C: Hand cream products applied to the hands using the hands (palms), primarily leave-on |
| 0.17 % |
| Category 5D: Baby Creams, baby Oils and baby talc |
| 0.17 % |
| Category 6: Products with oral and lip exposure |
| 0.40 % |
| Category 7: Products applied to the hair with some hand contact |
| Category 7A: Rinse-off products applied to the hair with some hand contact |
| 1.40 % |
| Category 7B: Leave-on products applied to the hair with some hand contact |
| 1.40 % |
| Category 8: Products with significant anogenital exposure |
| 0.072 % |
| Category 9: Products with body and hand exposure, primarily rinse off |
| 1.30 % |
| Category 10: Household care products with mostly hand contact |
| Category 10A: Household care excluding aerosol products (excluding aerosol/spray products) |
| 4.80 % |
| Category 10B: Household aerosol/spray products |
| 4.80 % |
| Category 11: Products with intended skin contact but minimal transfer of fragrance to skin from inert substrate |
| Category 11A: Products with intended skin contact but minimal transfer of fragrance to skin from inert substrate without UV exposure |
| 2.70 % |
| Category 11B: Products with intended skin contact but minimal transfer of fragrance to skin from inert substrate with potential UV exposure |
| 2.70 % |
| Category 12: Products not intended for direct skin contact, minimal or insignificant transfer to skin |
| No Restriction |
| Notes: |
| IFRA FLAVOR REQUIREMENTS: |
Due to the possible ingestion of small amounts of fragrance ingredients from their use in products in Categories 1 and 6, materials must not only comply with IFRA Standards but must also be recognized as safe as a flavoring ingredient as defined by the IOFI Code of Practice (www.iofi.org). For more details see chapter 1 of the Guidance for the use of IFRA Standards. |
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| Recommendation for verbena absolute france flavor usage levels up to: |
| 30.0000 ppm in the finished product. |