06.01.16
FRANCE: Prodarom, the French fragrance association, and IFRA held a fifth round table with stakeholders from the essential oils sector.
This session, devoted to the development of protocols to assess eco-toxicity properties of natural substances, is the final chapter in a two-year commitment from the industry. This final aspect of the program, the environmental assessment, or eco-toxicity of natural substances, required the most effort and imagination in order to develop workable protocols.
The European chemicals regulation, primarily designed for large volume synthetic substances, set a daunting if not impossible task for the essential oils sector to comply with legislation. The requirements for compliance were revolutionary and extremely complex for both small and medium sized companies as well as farmers and growers.
After initial protests about REACH, the industry recognized the value of a constructive dialogue if a resolution were to be found. Since 2014, these industry stakeholders have worked to establish a program of actions for finding pragmatic solutions to REACH’s registration of essential oils.
This session, devoted to the development of protocols to assess eco-toxicity properties of natural substances, is the final chapter in a two-year commitment from the industry. This final aspect of the program, the environmental assessment, or eco-toxicity of natural substances, required the most effort and imagination in order to develop workable protocols.
The European chemicals regulation, primarily designed for large volume synthetic substances, set a daunting if not impossible task for the essential oils sector to comply with legislation. The requirements for compliance were revolutionary and extremely complex for both small and medium sized companies as well as farmers and growers.
After initial protests about REACH, the industry recognized the value of a constructive dialogue if a resolution were to be found. Since 2014, these industry stakeholders have worked to establish a program of actions for finding pragmatic solutions to REACH’s registration of essential oils.