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Naturals: The Case for Natural Personal Care Standards

The growth in natural and organic personal care products has resulted in a need for logical, practical and achievable standards. Conventional wisdom would tell us that the name of a product and the ingredients used to make that product are meaningful and truthful as reflected on the product label. But the fact is labeling cosmetics often depends entirely on the manufacturer.

Now "Natural" Is Natural—According to Burt's Bees

After working on a "natural" policy for more than a year, Burts Bees has come up with a standard.

“The future most certainly lies in an increased collaboration between brands and producers, who will be able to support locally identified partners,' said Bertrand de Préville, general manager of LMR Naturals.

LMR Naturals by IFF Natural Ingredients Carbon Footprint Evaluation Study

The study identifies high-volume ingredients such as patchouli or clove, as well as specific areas of importance to reduce carbon footprint.

Products Pass IFRA Compliance Cycle

Fifty tested products show 100% compliance with IFRA standards

New EWG Study Targets Cleaning Products

Study flags asthmagens and other purported materials of concern.

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Fragrance Ingredient Disclosure in Cleaning Products

SC Johnson’s latest move follows Clorox’s announcement that it would disclose fragrance allergens in its cleaning, disinfecting and laundry products.

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Are Your Products REACH Compliant?

With the May 2018 deadline for REACH compliance quickly approaching is your business ready for the changes?

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Fragrance Issues: Defining “Natural”

As the first personal care products bearing the Natural Products Association’s seal hit store shelves, an assessment of “natural” fragrances in personal care

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Consumer Misconceptions of Fragrance-free Products

A recent report from Johnson and Johnson Consumer Inc. and Natural Marketing Institute shows that many consumers don’t actually know what products are fragrance-free.

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Categorizing Attar-type Fragrance Products for QRA

An exposure assessment, in support of the proposal to categorize these products in the framework of the RIFM/IFRA QRA for skin sensitizers.

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Givaudan Launches A.I. Tool for Cosmetic Products

The application will assist users in creating products and will recommend ingredients to be used in its formulation.

The appeal of fragrance drives many household cleaning product and fabric care product purchases.

Fragrance Ingredient Transparency in the Household Cleaning Products

The benefits and challenges of establishing a national ingredient communication standard for the United States.

Separation of Fragrance Materials from Perfumed Consumer Products

In isolating the fragrance materials, which are usually present only at low levels, the analytical chemist is confronted with a formidable separation challenge, particularly when the sample also contains emulsifiers, surfactants, clarifiers, thickeners, solubilizers, pigments, antioxidant, UV-absorbers, preservatives, solvents, and other materials.

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The Natural Order

Though terms such as “biobased” and “natural” resonate with consumers, the high cost of plant-based materials makes biobased ingredients vulnerable to economically motivated adulteration.

Chemicals of Concern in Consumer Products: California

Chemicals of concern list to be established

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Fragrances and Fragranced Products: A Strong Alliance

The powerful appeal of many soaps, detergents and cleaning products to consumers is often directly related to the products’ scents. Producers and suppliers of cleaning products understand that an amazing amount of research and innovation goes into the creation of product fragrances and that fragrance ingredients are at the leading edge in the defense of protections for trade secrets.

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Bringing Transparency to Fragrances in Cleaning Products

"This is a core piece of our corporate responsibility program and committment to transparency as a wholte at Clorox," says Aileen Zerrudo, the company's director of corporate communications. "We felt that we wanted to address that interest [by consumers] in knowing what's in cleaners."

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Advanced Biotech Patents Natural Aroma Process

Advanced Biotech have announced a patent for a new way to create EU natural chiral alpha ionone, which will be available commercially by June 2018.

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