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Patent Pick: Odor-enhancing Polypeptides

Patent Picks are chosen by the editors from publicly available sources. Today's pick relates to polypeptides that are capable of enhancing odorant receptor activity.

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Patent Pick: Emphasizing Muscat Aroma

Patent Picks are chosen by the editors from publicly available sources. Today's highlight is a process to emphasize the muscat aroma in wine.

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Patent Pick: 'Smell-evision' Cartridge

Patent Picks are chosen by the editors from publicly available sources. Today's technology features a cartridge designed to release fragrance in conjunction with audio-visual displays.

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Smell That? Firmenich Doesn’t Either

Firmenich has used its research in malodor technology to help improve global sanitation in areas like India, Kenya, South Africa and Uganda.

Socio-Economic Impacts of REACH

The European Commission said it will take "concrete action" to prevent any disruption to trans-Atlantic trade caused by an oversight in REACH that could be read to exclude US cosmetics from a phase-in period for registration of substances.

EFSA Announces Major Transparency Initiative

The organization has also opened up its scientific committee and panel meetings to external observers to promote better understanding of how scientific risk assessment is carried out.

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Gusmer Enterprise's Cellu-Stack Filters

The product can be used for coarse, fine and pre-sterile filtration in numerous filtration applications.

The updated ingredient directory features information on the origin, history of safe use and more for nearly 300 fragrance ingredients.

Fragrance Creators Expands Ingredient Resource Directory

The updated ingredient directory features information on the origin, history of safe use and more for nearly 300 fragrance ingredients.

Market drivers include the rising popularity of essential oils in food and beverages industry as well as in aromatherapy.

Report: Global Essential Oils Market Growth

Market drivers include the rising popularity of essential oils in food and beverages industry as well as in aromatherapy.

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Evolva Announces Restructure and Management Changes

Evolva announced its strategy to restructure its business to promote growth. Among the changes include a major site consolidation, management changes and layoffs.

Chaitra Deodhar, Ph.D., contributor to RIFM’s environmental safety assessment of fragrance ingredients.

Interview: RIFM Scientist Talks Environmental Safety

Research Institute for Fragrance Material spoke with scientist Chaitra Deodhar, Ph.D.

EU Chemical Classification and Labeling Update

The Portuguese Presidency of the European Union has warned that legislation harmonizing EU chemical classification and labeling rules with United Nations standards must be adopted during the first half of 2008 or risk jeopardizing the implementation of REACH.

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Endpoint. Connecting the Dots in F&F

My role for Perfumer & Flavorist is to procure and put forth relevant scientific content and observations to advance your formulations for improved F&F applications. So what you’ll find here are some interesting points I’ve observed that could connect to your overall larger project “constellation.”

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Vanilla Enters the World of Genomics

Within the last few years, the development of new DNA sequencing technologies has revolutionized the study of crop plants. New technologies are now available that provide high-throughput DNA sequence coverage at low cost, making their application to smaller crops possible. Two research groups are currently applying these new technologies to Vanilla planifolia to study some of the important issues with Vanilla, such as disease susceptibility and vanillin biosynthesis.

Fragrance intensity measurement by magnitude estimation

Psychologist's Corner. During the past 25 years a new form of sensory evaluation--magnitude estimation--has become very popular among research scientists in a number of different fields. The premise and forte of magnitude estimation is that people are able to assess sensory intensity by numerical means. Furthermore, the magnitude estimation method allows the participant an opportunity to use a wide range of numbers, with the property that ratios or proportions among the numerical assignments reflect ratios of sensory intensities.

More on EPA ChAMP Program

On May 2, 2008 the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) held a public meeting on the Chemical Assessment and Management Program (ChAMP), a program designed to fulfill US commitments under the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America (SPP) with Canada and Mexico to improve cooperation on chemical regulation among the three countries.

Each of its tools and solutions can be combined to work together in a holistic manner. Photo: Firmenich.

Firmenich Launches Emotion Centered Fragranced Program

This approach helps customers deliver positive emotions to consumers through fragrance.

The study's primary finding—even the highest-end users of fragranced products have extremely low exposure to fragrance.

Inside RIFM's Fragrance Ingredient Exposure Paper

P&F+ connected with the study's authors to discuss the finer points of the study's results and what it means for fragrance industry professionals and consumers.

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