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IFRA Standard: 3 and 4-(4-Hydroxy-4-methylpentyl)-3-cyclohexene-1-carboxaldehyde (HMPCC)
IFRA’s Standard on HMPCC (HICC) is a restriction by maximum concentration: 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: 3 and 4-(4-Hydroxy-4-methylpentyl)-3-cyclohexene-1-carboxaldehyde (HMPCC)
documented
Amendment 49 3 and 4-(4-Hydroxy-4-methylpentyl)-3-cyclohexene-1-carboxaldehyde (HMPCC)
IFRA-044 · International Fragrance Association (IFRA) · read 2026-09-30
confidence A
- Body
- IFRA (the industry’s self-regulation; not law)
documented
Amendment 49 3 and 4-(4-Hydroxy-4-methylpentyl)-3-cyclohexene-1-carboxaldehyde (HMPCC)
IFRA-044 · International Fragrance Association (IFRA) · read 2026-09-30
confidence A
- Instrument
- IFRA Standard (Amendment 49)
documented
Amendment 49 3 and 4-(4-Hydroxy-4-methylpentyl)-3-cyclohexene-1-carboxaldehyde (HMPCC)
IFRA-044 · 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-044 · 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-044 · International Fragrance Association (IFRA) · read 2026-09-30
confidence A
- In short
- A restriction: a maximum acceptable concentration in the finished product for each product category. EU law goes further and prohibits the substance in cosmetic products.
documented
RECOMMENDATION: RESTRICTION MAXIMUM ACCEPTABLE CONCENTRATIONS IN THE FINISHED PRODUCT (%)
IFRA-044 · 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-044 · International Fragrance Association (IFRA) · read 2026-09-30
confidence A
- published (IFRA Amendment 49): 2020 (Amendment 49)
- Applies to
- hydroxyisohexyl 3-cyclohexene carboxaldehyde (HICC) (HMPCC (the substance EU law calls HICC))
documented
Amendment 49 3 and 4-(4-Hydroxy-4-methylpentyl)-3-cyclohexene-1-carboxaldehyde (HMPCC)
IFRA-044 · International Fragrance Association (IFRA) · read 2026-09-30
confidence A
- hydroxyisohexyl 3-cyclohexene carboxaldehyde (HICC) (HMPCC (the substance EU law calls HICC))
- 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-044 · 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
- IFRA-044 · International Fragrance Association (IFRA). IFRA Standard: 3 and 4-(4-Hydroxy-4-methylpentyl)-3-cyclohexene-1-carboxaldehyde (HMPCC), 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-hmpcc.json · version 1 · updated 2026-09-30 · confidence A