The aim of this guidance is to provide registrants of fragrance substances with a standardized methodology of describing Identified Uses and preparing Exposure Scenarios for the entire life cycle. By including the provided Identified Uses and related Use Mapping in their registration dossiers, registrants will cover all the important uses of fragrance substances and should meet the needs of their Downstream Users in nearly all cases. Consistent use of the Identified Uses titles and Use Mapping in extended-SDSs will greatly facilitate compliance checks and will ultimately enable more efficient preparation of Exposure Scenarios for fragrance compounds. By applying the included Generic Exposure Scenarios as the basis for their CSRs, registrants can start straight away with a Tier 1.5 exposure assessment based on validated industry-specific data and will not have to rely on worst-case Tier 1 values that are otherwise used as default in exposure modelling tools.
A concise overview of the complex process of Chemical Safety Assessment under REACH is provided for relative non-experts as an easy-to-read alternative to the very detailed ECHA Guidance Documents on this topic. Internal and/or external specialists in the field of exposure and risk assessment can go straight to the Use Mapping tables and Generic Exposure Scenarios and start working on their dossiers.
Questions regarding the content of this document or any perceived errors can be addressed to IFRA. IFRA encourages further distribution of this document, especially to other registrants of fragrance substances.
