06.08.23
The Research Institute for Fragrance Materials, Inc. (RIFM)’s has published peer-reviewed safety assessments covering 1,500 original discrete fragrance materials in the peer-reviewed literature.
RIFM says it owes the success to this milestone to the continued support of its members and the determined efforts of its science, database and editorial teams.
In addition to these 1,500 published materials, RIFM has submitted Safety Assessments covering approximately 200 materials for peer review, totaling 1,700 now or soon to be available.
“The complete palette of in-use discrete fragrance materials runs about 2,200 materials in any given year,” said RIFM’s Safety Assessment Manager, Danielle Botelho, PhD. “That leaves another 500 materials, which RIFM has already evaluated. We expect to complete the process of Expert Panel submission, review, and approval for those remaining 500, ensuring we meet our goal of submitting all discrete materials for peer-reviewed publication by the end of 2024.”
The Expert Panel for Fragrance Safety is an independent, international team of researchers and academics without ties to the fragrance industry. The expert panel reviews and must approve all of RIFM’s work before RIFM submits it for peer-reviewed publication in a reputable scientific journal.
“In addition to the 2,200 discrete materials, the fragrance material palette includes approximately 900 Natural Complex Substance (NCS) materials,” said Dr. Botelho. “RIFM anticipates completing safety assessments for the first round of NCS by the end of 2027.”
All RIFM’s peer-reviewed and published Safety Assessments and Research are available open-access at the Fragrance Material Safety Assessment Resource Center, a collaboration between RIFM and science publishers Elsevier.
Further Reading
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