IDEA organized a workshop on the application of the RCPL in September 2023, with the outcomes reported below.
Brussels, 05 December 2022 – Stakeholders at the International Dialogue for the Evaluation of Allergens (IDEA) Annual Review meeting on 29 November 2022 reaffirmed their commitment to the project. Underway for nearly 10 years, IDEA seeks ways to improve consumer protection by bringing together various stakeholders including the fragrance industry, the dermatological community, and policy makers to build a new framework to assess fragrance allergens.
All the documents from the 6th IDEA Annual Review meeting can be found on this page
All the meeting documents of the workshop on the Reference Chemicals Potency List of 7 October can be found here.
On 12 December 2018 IDEA held a Workshop on the Characterization and Categorization of allergens, at the Hotel Dominican, Brussels.
On 9 January 2019 a Joint Meeting of the IDEA Supervisory Group (SG) and the IDEA Management Team took place in London.
IDEA's work on a market surveillance study on Limonene and Linalool hydroperoxides in finished consumer products has been published in Food and Chemical Toxicology.
On Friday 19 October, 2018, IDEA hosted an Industry Symposium session at the European Society of Contact Dermatitis (ESCD) Congress in Milan, Italy.
During a 'Petit WPC' session on 7 June 2018 at the World Perfumery Congress, a panel of experts discussed how The International Dialogue for the Evaluation of Allergens (IDEA) developed a global framework for assessing fragrance sensitizers through various partnerships and collaborations.
The International Dialogue for the Evaluation of Allergens (IDEA) welcomes the publication of a Draft Opinion on Skin Sensitization Quantitative Risk Assessment for Fragrance Ingredients (QRA2).