| Category: |
| information only not used for fragrances or flavors |
| IFRA Critical Effect: |
| Carcinogenicity |
| IFRA fragrance material specification: |
| Safrole as such should not be used as a fragrance ingredient; essential oils containing safrole should not be used at a level such that the total concentration of safrole exceeds 0.01% in consumer products. Examples of essential oils with a high safrole content are Sassafras oil (Sassafras officinale Nees& Eberm.), Ocotea Cymbarum oil (Ocotea pretiosa Metz) and certain qualities of Camphor oils. The total concentration of safrole, isosafrole and dihydrosafrole should not exceed 0.01% in consumer products. These recommendations are based on the conclusions of the Scientific Committee on Cosmetology of the EEC on safrole and on the similarity of the biological activity of these substances (Scientific Committee of Cosmetology of the EEC, opinion reached on September 2, 1980; Communication to the EEC Commission ENV/521/79 and IARC Monograph Vol. 10, 1976, 231-244). |
| View the IFRA Standard |
| View IFRA Standards Library for complete information. |
| Please review Amendment 49 IFRA documentation for complete information. |
| IFRA RESTRICTION LIMITS IN THE FINISHED PRODUCT (%): |
| Category 1: Products applied to the lips |
| See notebox % |
| Category 2: Products applied to the axillae |
| See notebox % |
| Category 3: Products applied to the face/body using fingertips |
| See notebox % |
| Category 4: Products related to fine fragrance |
| See notebox % |
| Category 5: Products applied to the face and body using the hands (palms), primarily leave-on |
| Category 5A: Body lotion products applied to the body using the hands (palms), primarily leave-on |
| See notebox % |
| Category 5B: Face moisturizer products applied to the face using the hands (palms), primarily leave-on |
| See notebox % |
| Category 5C: Hand cream products applied to the hands using the hands (palms), primarily leave-on |
| See notebox % |
| Category 5D: Baby Creams, baby Oils and baby talc |
| See notebox % |
| Category 6: Products with oral and lip exposure |
| See notebox % |
| Category 7: Products applied to the hair with some hand contact |
| Category 7A: Rinse-off products applied to the hair with some hand contact |
| See notebox % |
| Category 7B: Leave-on products applied to the hair with some hand contact |
| See notebox % |
| Category 8: Products with significant anogenital exposure |
| See notebox % |
| Category 9: Products with body and hand exposure, primarily rinse off |
| See notebox % |
| Category 10: Household care products with mostly hand contact |
| Category 10A: Household care excluding aerosol products (excluding aerosol/spray products) |
| See notebox % |
| Category 10B: Household aerosol/spray products |
| See notebox % |
| Category 11: Products with intended skin contact but minimal transfer of fragrance to skin from inert substrate |
| Category 11A: Products with intended skin contact but minimal transfer of fragrance to skin from inert substrate without UV exposure |
| See notebox % |
| Category 11B: Products with intended skin contact but minimal transfer of fragrance to skin from inert substrate with potential UV exposure |
| See notebox % |
| Category 12: Products not intended for direct skin contact, minimal or insignificant transfer to skin |
| See notebox |
| Notes: |
| IFRA FLAVOR REQUIREMENTS: |
Due to the possible ingestion of small amounts of fragrance ingredients from their use in products in Categories 1 and 6, materials must not only comply with IFRA Standards but must also be recognized as safe as a flavoring ingredient as defined by the IOFI Code of Practice (www.iofi.org). For more details see chapter 1 of the Guidance for the use of IFRA Standards. |
| Fragrance ingredient restriction - Note box |
| On the basis of established maximum concentration levels of this substance in commercially available natural sources (like essential oils, extracts and absolutes), exposure to this substance from the use of these oils and extracts is regarded acceptable as long as the total concentration of Safrole, Isosafrole and Dihydrosafrole in the finished consumer pro duct doesnot exceed 0.01%. |
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| Recommendation for dihydrosafrole flavor usage levels up to: |
| not for flavor use. |
