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IFRA Standard: Coumarin

IFRA’s Standard on coumarin is a restriction by maximum concentration (not a prohibition): the industry’s own rule, not law.

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 dermal sensitization and systemic toxicity. 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: Coumarin
documented

Amendment 49 Coumarin

IFRA-023 · 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 Coumarin

IFRA-023 · International Fragrance Association (IFRA) · read 2026-09-30

confidence A

Instrument
IFRA Standard (Amendment 49)
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Amendment 49 Coumarin

IFRA-023 · International Fragrance Association (IFRA) · read 2026-09-30

confidence A

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

IFRA-023 · International Fragrance Association (IFRA) · read 2026-09-30

confidence A

What drives it
dermal sensitization and systemic toxicity
documented

INTRINSIC PROPERTY DRIVING RISK MANAGEMENT: DERMAL SENSITIZATION AND SYSTEMIC TOXICITY

IFRA-023 · International Fragrance Association (IFRA) · read 2026-09-30

confidence A

In short
A restriction: a maximum acceptable concentration of coumarin in the finished product for each product category. Not a prohibition and not a specification.
documented

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

IFRA-023 · 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-023 · International Fragrance Association (IFRA) · read 2026-09-30

    confidence A

  • in force for new fragrance creations / existing creations: February 10, 2021 / February 10, 2022
    documented

    For new creation*: February 10, 2021 For existing creation*: February 10, 2022

    IFRA-023 · International Fragrance Association (IFRA) · read 2026-09-30

    the standard: the dates apply to the supply of fragrance mixtures, not to the finished consumer products in the marketplace

    confidence A

Applies to
  • Coumarin (Coumarin, CAS 91-64-5)
    documented

    CAS-No.: 91-64-5

    IFRA-023 · International Fragrance Association (IFRA) · read 2026-09-30

    confidence A

As of
2026-09-30
read date

the house’s own reading, labelled as such

the date the public text was read for this summary; the text may have changed since

confidence B

The text
read the current text at the source
source

IFRA-023 · International Fragrance Association (IFRA) · read 2026-09-30

the current text is the one to read

confidence A

Teaching accords it touches
In history

Sources

  1. IFRA-023 · International Fragrance Association (IFRA). IFRA Standard: Coumarin, 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-coumarin.json · version 1 · updated 2026-09-30 · confidence A