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.
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.