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Natural Products Association Announces No Synthetic Fragrances for NPA Certified Products

Posted by on July 21, 2010 · 1 Comment 

The Natural Products Association (NPA) announced a change in their certification practices this week.  Starting September 1, 2010, the Natural Products Association (NPA) will require that only all natural fragrances will be allowed in finished natural products that receive certification with their Natural Standard for Personal Care Products program. This change eliminates absolutes, concretes and purely synthetic fragrance chemicals.

Essential Oils will still be allowed in NPA certified products.  The NPA announced that they will publish an updated “allowed processes” appendix to include extraction, expression and steam distillation to encourage these manufacturing processes for fragrance. Companies will be required to submit a qualitative list to the NPA that includes the INCI name and CAS number of each component in the composition.

Regarding preservatives the NPA stated that they will continue to allow some synthetic preservatives, limited to those already allowed in the standard, in order to maintain the importance of safe ingredients yet emphasize the use of natural preservatives when applicable.According to the NPA to achieve NPA natural certification on personal care products, companies must demonstrate the use of natural fragrances by providing documentation stating the complete composition of each mixture. Companies with previously certified products should meet the requirement when their recertification comes due.

Cara Welch, Ph.D., the NPA’s scientific and regulatory affairs manager, said, “This new requirement is the first step of many in the evolution of the standard, as the association continually moves towards strengthening the standard.”

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More about the author:  Kayla Fioravanti is the Vice President, Chief Formulator, ARC Registered & Certified Aromatherapist for Essential Wholesale and its lab division Essential Labs. Read more from this author

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