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6. Principle 6: give priority to naturalness
6.1 Context
The concept of naturalness is rather difficult to define, particularly in the case of plant extracts where the definition of a truly natural extract is unclear. According to the REACH legislation , a natural substance is "a natural substance, as such, unprocessed or processed only by manual mechanical or gravitational means, by dissolution in water, by flotation, by extraction with water, by steam distillation or by heating solely to remove water, or which is extracted from air by any means". This definition includes that the substance must not be chemically modified; in other words, its molecular structure...
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Bibliography
Software tools
COSMOThermX (version C30_1602 – 13.07.2016) [Software], COSMOlogic GmbH & Co. KG Imbacher Weg 46 51379 Leverkusen, Germany.
Regulations
Directive 2009/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of April 23, 2009 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States on extraction solvents used in the production of foodstuffs and food ingredients (amended by Directives 2010/59/EU and 2016/1855/EU). OJ L 141, 6.6.2009, p. 3–11.
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Associations (non-exhaustive list)
Valréas Eco-Extraction Platform Association
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Laboratories – Research centers (non-exhaustive list)
GREEN Laboratory (Natural Products...
Standards
- Responsabilité sociétale - ISO 26000 - 2010
- Cosmetics – Guidelines for technical definitions and criteria for natural and organic ingredients and products – Part 2: criteria for ingredients and products - ISO 16128-2 - 2017
- Environmental management – Life cycle assessment. Principle and framework - NF EN ISO 14040 - 2006
- Environmental management – Life cycle assessment. Requirements and guidelines - NF EN...
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