EFFA CoP

Risk phrases applicable for storage and transport of essential oil—data as per EFFA CoP 2008 ... 

According to the current knowledge of the F F Industry, these 16 allergens occur in about 180 natural raw materials (extracts and essential oils) (EFFA CoP, 2007). 

A list of aromatic natural raw materials containing any of the 16 naturally occurring sensitizers and their presence (if >0.1%) or concentration can be found in Annex 22.1 to this chapter—this is based on earlier internal communication (2004) of the F F industries related to a former version of the EFFA CoP. 

For trade of F F (including pure substances and mixtures or preparations thereof and natural raw materials) within the European Union, certain rules apply within the European Industry which are established by the European Flavour and Fragrance Association Code of Practice (EFFA CoP). The following general considerations are taken over from the Introductory note to the EFFA CoP, which is published yearly on the EFFA website www.effa.be. It should be noted that the most recent... 

Several substances of interest to the fragrance and flavor industry are mentioned in Annex I of the DSD. They are included in the respective attachments to the EFFA CoP with their Annex I number next to their CAS and EU nnmbers. The label mentioned in the attachment has to be used in the MS of the European Union. 

Therefore, the European F F Industry through its EFFA CoP recommends... 

Following the EFFA CoP, skin sensitizers are labeled Xi, R43. According to the CoP, it is recommended to use the administrative limit concentration of 1% when classifying preparations (including extracts and essential oils) containing them in all cases, unless a different threshold is laid down in Annex I to the DSD. 

In the EFFA CoP, special attention is paid to the hazard classification and labeling of natural raw materials, referred to as natural complex substances (NCSs) in the CoP. The terminology Natural... 

In the first case, an NCS may be classified on the basis of the data obtained by testing the NCS. The test results of an NCS, even if containing classified constituents, are evaluated in accordance with the DSD. The health and environmental hazard classifications derived following this approach are quality depeudent, which is also indicated in the EFFA CoP. 

One dedicated section of the EFFA CoP also provides a list with the composition of the NCSs (extracts, essential oils, concretes, absolutes, etc.) in terms of the presence (content in %) of hazardous constituents and HCs in the NCSs that have to be taken into account for the classification and labeling of the NCSs or a preparation containing these NCSs, based on the DPD. 

In practice, test data on the flavor or fragrance compounds (preparations) are not available or collected. Therefore the classiflcation of these preparations should be based on the chemical composition and should include the contributions of hazardous substances present as constituents in the NCSs present in the formulation. This is another reason why the composition of the NCSs in terms of presence of the hazardous constituents is also part of the EFFA CoP. 

So with these examples, it can be demonstrated that the final Classification and Labeling (C L) of essential oils will change significantly depending on the approach used based on existing data (for the various endpoints) on the essential oil as such or based on the hazardous constituents. It should however be underlined that according to the rules of the EFFA CoP, C L of natural raw materials or NCSs can only be done for the endpoints for which data (on the NCS as such) are available (e.g., skin irritation, sensitization, environmental toxicity, etc.)— if no data are available, then the constituents must be taken into account for the classification for these endpoints. 

Source Internal communication (2004) regarding former version of EFFA CoP. 

EFFA Code of Practice (EFFA CoP) Home page of the European Flavour Fragrance Association (EFFA) www.effa.be... 

Details can be found in EFFA s Code of Practice (CoP, 2008, et seq.), which is described later on. Consignments of dangerous substances (and dangerous goods respectively) must be accompanied by a so-called Material Safety Data Sheet. For this purpose, the International Standard... 

Since a conple of years ago, the European Association of the Flavour and Fragrance Industry in Europe (EFFA) has been publishing a Code of Practice (CoP, 2008) with recommendations regarding a proper classification and labeling of aromatic chemicals and essential oils. 

The actual version of this CoP 2009 is available on the internet free of charge from the homepage of EFFA http //www.effa.be/. 

Because of the compiled state-of-the-art expertise, EFFA s CoP has almost obtained in practice the quality of an official documentation. Therefore not only the trade bnt also the port and transport authorities who are in charge of controlling the compliance of safety regulations for transport of dangerous goods are today referring to this guideline (Protzen, 1998). 

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