De Forenede Nationers Narkotikakommission har på sit andet møde den 8. marts 2010 besluttet at tilføje phenyleddikesyre i tabel I i De Forenede Nationers konvention om bekæmpelse af ulovlig handel med narkotika og psykotrope stoffer af 1988.
The United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs has, at its second meeting, on 8 March 2010, decided to include phenylacetic acid in Table I of the United Nations Convention against illicit traffic in narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances of 1988.