QRA Implementation
QRA Implementation
QRA Implementation
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Timetable for 40 th Amendment and Beyond<br />
<strong>QRA</strong> <strong>Implementation</strong> Workshop<br />
January 23, 2007<br />
William Troy, Ph.D.<br />
Chairman<br />
IFRA Scientific Com.
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Pre-40th<br />
• Historically, IFRA established an<br />
effective date for new Amendments that<br />
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Immediate, for new creations<br />
12 months for existing fragrances<br />
• Based on the date of issuance of the<br />
Amendment<br />
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• As various elements of the process<br />
were changed (e.g., customer<br />
consultation, publication on website),<br />
the effective dates became one month<br />
and 13 months, following the<br />
announcement, for new and existing<br />
fragrances<br />
• With the advent of the 40 th Amendment<br />
it was clear that this timing would not be<br />
practical<br />
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Timing for 40th<br />
• Product categories expanded from 2 to<br />
more than 20 (with sub-categories)<br />
• Company computer systems must be<br />
modified<br />
• Reporting formats must be modified<br />
• Personnel training needs<br />
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• Scientific Committee decided that an<br />
exceptional period of<br />
- 13 months for new creations, and<br />
- 25 months for existing fragrances<br />
would be adopted for this Amendment<br />
• Therefore, the 4 materials with new<br />
IFRA restrictions could continue to be<br />
used in new creations for 13 months,<br />
and in existing fragrances for 25 mo.<br />
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42 nd Amendment<br />
• Now that <strong>QRA</strong> has been implemented,<br />
what about currently restricted<br />
materials?<br />
Currently, 50+ materials restricted<br />
because of skin allergy<br />
Additional materials, not currently<br />
IFRA restricted<br />
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• About half of 50+ have sufficient data to<br />
perform the <strong>QRA</strong> assessment<br />
• Taken together with the non-restricted<br />
materials that have been assessed via<br />
<strong>QRA</strong>, there is a total of 40-45 45 materials<br />
awaiting IFRA action<br />
• The approach to be taken has been<br />
discussed, in depth, at the SC and at<br />
the IFRA Joint Advisory Group (JAG)<br />
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• The opinion is unanimous to include<br />
these materials in the 42 nd Amendment,<br />
to avoid dragging out product<br />
reformulations over several years<br />
• Because of the very large number of<br />
materials, another exception will be<br />
made for implementation timing<br />
13 months new creations<br />
25 months existing fragrances<br />
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The Future<br />
• The increased complexity of the IFRA<br />
process, resulting from the <strong>QRA</strong>, and<br />
the sharply increased numbers of<br />
materials being restricted, have<br />
prompted the question:<br />
Shouldn’t t we make a permanent<br />
change in the implementation time for<br />
new Amendments?<br />
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• A task force of the IFRA JAG studied<br />
this question, and the IFRA Board was<br />
also consulted<br />
• It was recognized that, until all currently<br />
restricted materials are subjected to the<br />
<strong>QRA</strong>, Amendments will contain more<br />
materials than usual<br />
• Once these are dealt with, however, the<br />
situation should return to normal<br />
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• From a public credibility point of view,<br />
the Board felt strongly that we cannot<br />
afford to permanently lengthen the<br />
amount of time allotted for product<br />
reformulations, following the publication<br />
of a new Amendment<br />
• They did approve, however, the<br />
extraordinary use of an extended time<br />
period, when necessary<br />
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• Therefore, the use of the 13/25 month<br />
implementation periods will be retained<br />
for most IFRA Amendments, with<br />
exceptions being allowed on a case by<br />
case basis<br />
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