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August 11th, 2008 — , Essential Oils/Plant Extractions, Regulatory Issues, Safety/Toxicity from Tony Burfield @ the aromaconnection blog
(Being an excerpt from forthcoming Cropwatch Newsletter August 2008) by Tony Burfield August 2008. Curiously ignored by the cosmetics trade press, whose hacks probably failed to understand its significance, the Scientific Committee on Cosmetic Products (SCCP) Opinion SCCP/1153/08 on Dermal…
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August 11th, 2008 — , Essential Oils/Plant Extractions, Regulatory Issues, Safety/Toxicity from Rob @ the aromaconnection blog
United Nations (UN) Numbers are four-digit numbers used world-wide in international commerce and transportation to identify hazardous chemicals or classes of hazardous materials. A friend asked me how to determine what these numbers are for essential oils, since the number…
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July 24th, 2008 — , Ecological/Cultural Sustainability, Essential Oils/Plant Extractions, Oil Crops, Regulatory Issues from Tony Burfield @ the aromaconnection blog
Part 1. Threatened Natural Aromatic Species Cropwatch came into being around 2003-2004 in order to directly address concerns about the over-exploitation of natural aromatic ingredients, and their over-regulation by officials prone to the excessive influences of lobbyists from the pharmaceutical…
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July 15th, 2008 — , Regulatory Issues, Standards from Rob @ the aromaconnection blog
The Society of Cosmetic Chemists has weighed in on the question of “natural” at its annual scientific seminar last month in Orlando, according to a recent Happi article entitled “It’s Not Natural…” The article discusses both natural and organic definitions,…
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Continue reading → The Natural discussion continues
July 11th, 2008 — , Regulatory Issues, Standards from Rob @ the aromaconnection blog
We’ve blogged before on the meaning of “natural” when applied to skin and body products, discussing in particular the definitions put forth by the Natural Products Association (NPA) and the Natural Ingredients Resource Center (NIRC). Now the FDA (Food and…
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Continue reading → FDA enters debate on Natural
June 18th, 2008 — , Politics, Regulatory Issues, Safety/Toxicity, Standards from Rob @ the aromaconnection blog
The Natural Products Association (NPA) has announced that applications for its “Natural Standard” certification are available. The certification process will be based on the NPA Standard published on May 1 [PDF] and discussed here previously (which is not quite ready…
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Continue reading → NPA moves ahead with its "Natural" Product Seal
June 8th, 2008 — , Politics, Regulatory Issues, Standards, aromatherapy from Rob @ the aromaconnection blog
Cosmetics Design-Europe reported on the natural Beauty Summit held last month in New York with the headline Natural Beauty Summit tackles certification fragmentation. We reported in this blog on the Summit before it happened, and although we were unable to…
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June 1st, 2008 — , Certification, Organizations, Politics, Regulatory Issues, Research, Safety/Toxicity, Trade Issues from Marcia @ the aromaconnection blog
The past decade has seen an explosion of small, independent aromatics products companies emerge from the kitchens and basements of America. From aromatherapy wellness products creators, indie natural perfumers, sultry incense formulators, handmade soap makers and makers of bath products…
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May 18th, 2008 — , Book/Movie Reviews, Ecological/Cultural Sustainability, Essential Oils/Plant Extractions, Oil Crops, Regulatory Issues from Rob @ the aromaconnection blog
Medicinal and Aromatic Crops: Harvesting, Drying and Processing Edited by Serdar Oztekin and Milan Martinov. Haworth Press: New York. 2007. ISBN 978-1-56022-975-9. This book was published in 2007, but we recently obtained a copy for our library and realized that…
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May 12th, 2008 — , Organizations, Politics, Regulatory Issues, Weblogs, marketing from Rob @ the aromaconnection blog
The big players in the Beauty Products World are gathering together in New York later this week at “The Natural Beauty Summit” to “create a forum to learn and discuss the key challenges the cosmetics industry faces in the areas…
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May 11th, 2008 — , Regulatory Issues, marketing from Rob @ the aromaconnection blog
Without allowing much time for industry review and feedback, the Natural Products Association has moved to implement their “Standard and Certification for Personal Care Products.” As discussed previously on this blog, a meeting was held to discuss this standard in…
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Continue reading → Natural Products Association Rushes ahead with a "Natural" Product Standard
May 4th, 2008 — , Certification, Education, Organizations, Politics, Regulatory Issues, history, perfumery from Marcia @ the aromaconnection blog
Guilds are perhaps the precursors of modern trade unions, and also, paradoxically, of some aspects of the modern corporation. Guilds are actually small business associations and have little in common with trade unions. They are more like cartels in that…
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April 30th, 2008 — , Organizations, Politics, Regulatory Issues, Research, Safety/Toxicity, perfumery from Tony Burfield @ the aromaconnection blog
Cropwatch Statement After 4 or 5 years of continuous activity, Cropwatch has some choices to make. Do we go on the way that we have been, snapping at the ankles of those who run & regulate the aroma industry so…
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April 28th, 2008 — , Essential Oils/Plant Extractions, Regulatory Issues, Safety/Toxicity, aromatherapy, perfumery from Tony Burfield @ the aromaconnection blog
Copyright © Tony Burfield April 2008 Preamble The EU Cosmetics Commission, well known for setting the pace worldwide for (over-)-precautionary cosmetics legislation, is seemingly determined to limit furanocoumarins (FC’s) in retailed fragranced products to minutely low levels. This is because…
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April 27th, 2008 — , Regulatory Issues, Safety/Toxicity, perfumery from Tony Burfield @ the aromaconnection blog
Copyright © Tony Burfield April 2008. QRA – A Potted History The Qualitative Risk Assessment (QRA) methodology was recommended as a result of progress of the COLIPA Toxicology Advisory Group and the Joint COLIPA/AISE/EFFA/IFRA Perfume Safety Group, to address dermal…
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April 22nd, 2008 — , Conservation, Ecological/Cultural Sustainability, Events, Human Rights, Organizations, Politics, Regulatory Issues, Research from Marcia @ the aromaconnection blog
“The President in Washington sends word that he wishes to buy our land. But how can you buy and sell the sky? The land? The idea is strange to us. If we do not own the freshness of the air…
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April 6th, 2008 — , Regulatory Issues, aromatherapy, perfumery from Rob @ the aromaconnection blog
UPDATED At a webinar presented by Perfumer&Flavorist Magazine last month, there was a discussion of the definition of “natural” when used in the natural products industry, which of course includes the natural aromatic products that are the focus of this…
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Continue reading → The Definition of Natural