IFRA Standard: Citrus oils and other furocoumarins containing essential oils

Not advice An educational summary of a public standard, as of 2026-09-30; not compliance advice. Read the current text at the source.

The property it manages is phototoxicity. This page names the kind of limit; the figures per product category are at the source, which is the text to read.

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Name

IFRA Standard: Citrus oils and other furocoumarins containing essential oils

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Amendment 49 Citrus oils and other furocoumarins containing essential oils

IFRA-089 · International Fragrance Association (IFRA) · read 2026-09-30

confidence A

Body

IFRA (the industry’s self-regulation; not law)

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Amendment 49 Citrus oils and other furocoumarins containing essential oils

IFRA-089 · International Fragrance Association (IFRA) · read 2026-09-30

confidence A

Instrument

IFRA Standard (Amendment 49)

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Amendment 49 Citrus oils and other furocoumarins containing essential oils

IFRA-089 · International Fragrance Association (IFRA) · read 2026-09-30

confidence A

Kind of rule

RESTRICTION

documented

RECOMMENDATION: RESTRICTION MAXIMUM ACCEPTABLE CONCENTRATIONS IN THE FINISHED PRODUCT (%)

IFRA-089 · International Fragrance Association (IFRA) · read 2026-09-30

confidence A

What drives it

phototoxicity

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INTRINSIC PROPERTY DRIVING RISK MANAGEMENT: PHOTOTOXICITY

IFRA-089 · International Fragrance Association (IFRA) · read 2026-09-30

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In short

A restriction set for phototoxicity; where the bergapten (5-methoxypsoralen) content of the oils is known, a total level of bergapten is recommended for products on skin exposed to UV light.

documented

The Standard is set due to the phototoxic effects of Citrus oils and other furocoumarins containing essential oils.

IFRA-089 · International Fragrance Association (IFRA) · read 2026-09-30

confidence A

Dates

• published (IFRA Amendment 49): 2020 (Amendment 49)
  documented

  History: Publication date: 2020 (Amendment 49)

  IFRA-089 · International Fragrance Association (IFRA) · read 2026-09-30

  confidence A

Applies to

• Bergapten (Bergapten (5-methoxypsoralen))
  documented

  it is recommended that for applications on areas of skin exposed to UV-light, the total level of Bergapten in the consumer products should not exceed 0.0015% (15 ppm).

  IFRA-089 · International Fragrance Association (IFRA) · read 2026-09-30

  confidence A

• bergamot essential oil (olio essenziale di bergamotto) (a citrus oil that contains furocoumarins)
  inferred

  The Standard is set due to the phototoxic effects of Citrus oils and other furocoumarins containing essential oils.

  IFRA-089 · International Fragrance Association (IFRA) · read 2026-09-30

  the standard covers citrus oils that contain furocoumarins; bergamot oil is one (GC-3 names bergapten in it)

  confidence B

As of

2026-09-30

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The text

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source

IFRA-089 · International Fragrance Association (IFRA) · read 2026-09-30

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Teaching accords it touches

• The chypre skeleton
• A cologne
• The fougère skeleton

In history

• IFRA’s 49th Amendment, 2020

Sources

1. IFRA-089 · International Fragrance Association (IFRA). IFRA Standard: Citrus oils and other furocoumarins containing essential oils, Amendment 49 (2020). Geneva: IFRA Standards Library. d3t14p1xronwr0.cloudfront.net/docs/standards/IFR… · read 2026-09-30 · published by IFRA; no reuse licence stated; quoted

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this record as data: /data/regulation/ifra-citrus-furocoumarins.json · version 1 · updated 2026-09-30 · confidence A