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European Cosmetic Regulatory Update

Personal care products are regulated in the European Union under the 6th Amendment to the Cosmetic Directive 76/768EEC. Changes are made via Technical Adaptations and new Amendments. The recently passed 26th Commission Directive on Technical Adaptations has a significant impact on fragrances and ingredients found in fragrances.

REACH Candidate List Tracking

During a teleconference recently organized by the American National Standards Institute's and National Association of Manufacturers' Network on Chemical Regulation, industry representatives were encouraged to stay vigilant about tracking the candidate list of chemicals that could be banned under REACH.

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Patent Pick: Calculated Fragrancing

Ask any perfumer and they'll tell you: perfumery is an art. Just like cosmetic formulating is a craft. Now, P&G scientists are putting this creative process to modeling—not to take away its "soul," but to optimize it.

California Bio-Monitoring Survey

In 2007 California Governor Schwarznegger signed into law a bio-monitoring program intended to track and evaluate toxic environmental chemicals in California residents. The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has now implemented the program and is requesting residents to complete a survey concerning bio-monitoring.

Video: Fragrance and Communication

How scent can help multisensory impaired children and be applied to products of the future

Comment: Protecting Formulas

A forthcoming article in the October issue of Perfumer & Flavorist magazine, “Protecting Formulas,” describes the importance of intellectual property (IP) and what steps can be taken to defend it from inappropriate disclosure

Allylix to Commercialize Nootkatone

The biotechnology firm's patented metabolic engineering platform enables low-cost production of high value terpene products through yeast fermentation.

Change to FMA FPIF

The Fragrance Materials Association (FMA) has made a change to its Fragrance Product Information Form (FPIF) (Version 2.0).

Coriander's Deodorant Effects Traced

An article in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry detailed the deodorant effects of coriander.

Changes to REACH Text

The Joint Occupational Safety, Health and Environment Committee, a joint project of FEMA and FMA, released this letter, stating the changes made to REACH since the December 2005 version.

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Synthesizing Mayol from Cuminaldehyde

The authors discuss two distinct preparations of the widely used muguet ingredient from cuminaldehyde.

Chemotaxonomy of spice plants

The use of systematic chemistry for plant classification is called chemosystematics or chemotaxonomy. The meaningful interpretation of the totality of taxonomoic characters is a difficult task. However, it has contributed much to natural classification.

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Firmenich Completes REACH Registration

Established in 2007, REACH (registration, evaluation, authorization and restriction of chemicals) is a major European chemical law designed to improve the protection of human health and environment.

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Firmenich Tackles Carbon Emissions

Firmenich has announced that it will invest in Livelihoods’ second carbon fund, which aims to improve the lives of farmers and reduce carbon emissions.

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Firmenich Weaves Website for China

In order to expand customer experience, Firmenich has created a website for China based on the interests of the Chinese customers.

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Patent Pick: Cyclohexanol Déjà Vu

Cyclohexanol again? You may be thinking, "I just saw this last week!" Well, yes–it keeps popping up in patents as an area of innovation for companies developing materials to improve fragrance intensity. Just ask today's patent-holder, Takasago International.

IFRA’s New Code of Practice

The International Fragrance Association (IFRA) has announced that it has issued the first ever complete revision of its Code of Practice published orginally in 1973.

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Aroma-Chology: A Status Review

The term Aroma-Chology (a Service Mark of the Olfactory Research Fund) was coined in 1982 to denote the science that is "dedicated to the study of the interrelationship between psychology and ... fragrance technology to elicit a variety of specific feelings and emotions—relaxation, exhilaration, sensuality, happiness and wellbeing—through odors via stimulation of olfactory pathways in the brain, especially the limbic system."

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