ACID ORANGE 7
Official label name (INCI name, EU glossary of cosmetic ingredient names), No 859
- Allowed with restrictions (Annex III)
- Colorant allowed under conditions (Annex IV)
ACID ORANGE 7: Allowed with restrictions, with limits depending on the product type (Annex III, entry 318); colorant allowed under conditions, with limits depending on the product type (Annex IV, entry 21), under Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009.
In plain words
What it is used for
Functions declared by manufacturers:
Hair dyeing: colours hair.
What the rules say
Allowed, with restrictions: Annex III sets a maximum concentration and the product types allowed. Ingredient lists do not give quantities, so the concentration cannot be checked on the label.
An ingredient can be used as a colorant only if it appears on the list of Annex IV. <function plain_language.<locals>.name at 0x7f7805acede0> is on it with a maximum concentration.
The text of the annexes
Allowed with restrictions
- Entry
- Annex III, No 318
- Substance
- Sodium 4-[(2-hydroxy-1-naphthyl)azo]benzene sulfonate
- Glossary names
- ACID ORANGE 7
- CAS
- 633-96-5
- EC
- 211-199-0
- Product type
- Hair dye substance in non-oxidative hair dye products.
- Maximum concentration
- As from 3 June 2021: 0,5 %.
Dates in the act (5)
- Entry into force on 3 December 2020
- Condition applicable from 3 June 2021
As from 3 June 2021: 0,5 % Methanesulfonates impurities, in particular ethyl methanesulfonate shall not be present
- Placing on the market from 3 June 2021
As from 3 June 2021: 25 %’ (*1) From 3 September 2021 hair and eyelash dye products containing those substances shall not be placed on the Union market
- Condition applicable from 3 December 2021
As from 3 December 2021, to be printed on the label: The mixing ratio
- Making available from 3 June 2022
From 3 June 2022 hair and eyelash dye products containing those substances shall not be made available on the Union market
Excerpts from the English text published in the Official Journal. A date may concern only some substances of the act: the excerpt says so.
Colorant allowed under conditions
This entry covers the same substance as ACID ORANGE 7 (same CAS number in the CosIng inventory): its conditions apply.
- Entry
- Annex IV, No 21
- Substance
- Sodium 4-[(2-hydroxy-1-naphthyl)azo]benzenesulphonate and its unsoluble barium, strontium and zirconium lakes, salts and pigments
- Glossary names
- CI 15510
- CAS
- 633-96-5
- EC
- 211-199-0
- Maximum concentration
- Not to be used in eye products
Dates in the act (10)
- Entry into force on 11 January 2010
- Application from 1 December 2010
It shall apply from 11 July 2013, with the exception of: — Article 15(1) and (2) which shall apply from 1 December 2010, as well as Articles 14, 31 and 32 to the extent that they are necessary to apply Article 15(1) and (2); and — Article 16(3) second subparagraph, which shall apply from 11 January 2013.
- Entry into force on 1 December 2010
- Condition applicable from 11 January 2012
As from 11 January 2012, by way of derogation from Directive 76/768/EEC, notification carried out in accordance with Article 13 of this Regulation shall be considered to comply with Article 7(3) and Article 7a(4) of that Directive
- Application from 11 January 2013
July 2013, with the exception of: — Article 15(1) and (2) which shall apply from 1 December 2010, as well as Articles 14, 31 and 32 to the extent that they are necessary to apply Article 15(1) and (2); and — Article 16(3) second subparagraph, which shall apply from 11 January 2013.
- Entry into force on 11 January 2013
- Application from 11 July 2013
It shall apply from 11 July 2013, with the exception of: — Article 15(1) and (2) which shall apply from 1 December 2010, as well as Articles 14, 31 and 32 to the extent that they are necessary to apply Article 15(1) and (2); and — Article 16(3) second subparagraph, which shall appl
- Entry into force on 11 July 2013
- Placing on the market before 11 July 2013
Article 39 Transitional provisions By way of derogation from Directive 76/768/EEC, cosmetic products which comply with this Regulation may be placed on the market before 11 July 2013.
- Placing on the market from 11 July 2013
As from 11 July 2013, a distributor who makes available in a Member State a cosmetic product already placed on the market in another Member State and translates, on his own initiative, any element of the labelling of that product in order to comply with national law, shall submit, by electronic means, the following info
Excerpts from the English text published in the Official Journal. A date may concern only some substances of the act: the excerpt says so.
Identity
- CosIng identifier
- 31620
- CAS (according to CosIng)
- 633-96-5
- EC (according to CosIng)
- 211-199-0
- Declared functions
- Hair dyeing
- Wikidata
- Q4674081
- ECHA InfoCard
- 100.010.182
The CAS number cited by CosIng also covers 1 other INCI name: it designates a family of substances, not this ingredient alone.
Elsewhere in the world
Information on other jurisdictions. What is covered, and what is not yet.
United Kingdom (Great Britain)
- Allowed with restrictions (Annex III)
- Colorant allowed under conditions (Annex IV)
Same entries as in the European Union. Conditions (concentrations, warnings) may differ: they are not compared here.
Switzerland
Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 applies in Switzerland (Article 54 of the Ordinance on Foodstuffs and Utility Articles).
United States, federal rules
None of the integrated sections of the federal code (21 CFR 700.11 to 700.27 and 250.250) targets this name. The FDA does not publish a list of allowed ingredients.
Recorded cosmetics that contain it
2 recorded products list it, according to Open Beauty Facts contributors. Records are dated: the formula may have changed. See the list (page in French).
Glossary: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1175. Page updated on 21 October 2026.