CHLORAMINE T
Official label name (INCIInternational name of cosmetic ingredients: the one printed on the pack. name, EU glossary of cosmetic ingredient names), No 6174
- Allowed with restrictions (Annex III)
CHLORAMINE T: Allowed with restrictions, maximum 0.2% in the ready-for-use preparation (Annex III, entry 5), under Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009. Annexes of the Regulation consulted on 21 October 2026.
Who it concerns
What official classifications and rules say for each group. A classification describes the hazard of the pure substance, not the risk of a product that contains it, which depends on the dose and the exposure.
Prohibition or serious classificationThe text prohibits the substance for this use, or ranks it among the most serious hazards (known or presumed carcinogenic, mutagenic or reprotoxic, identified endocrine disruptor).Worth watchingThe text sets a condition or flags a hazard worth knowing: allergen, suspected effect, condition for children, hazard to the aquatic environment.For informationOfficial information with no condition on a finished product: warning to read, irritation of the pure substance.
Pregnancy and breastfeeding
No classification harmonised by the European Union covers reproduction, the unborn child or breastfeeding for this substance. This does not mean it has been judged to have no effect during pregnancy.
Babies and children
The Cosmetics Regulation sets no age-related condition for this ingredient.
Skin, eyes and allergies
Worth watchingThe text sets a condition or flags a hazard worth knowing: allergen, suspected effect, condition for children, hazard to the aquatic environment.
Worth watchingThe text sets a condition or flags a hazard worth knowing: allergen, suspected effect, condition for children, hazard to the aquatic environment. Classified under the CLPEU regulation that classifies chemicals by their hazards (EC No 1272/2008). Regulation: skin corrosion, category 1B (Skin Corr. 1B); respiratory sensitisation, category 1 (Resp. Sens. 1).
Environment
No official classification as hazardous to the aquatic environment and no assessment as an endocrine disruptor for the environment.
Read on the label
The Cosmetics Regulation requires no warning to be printed for this ingredient.
In plain words
What it is used for
Functions declared by manufacturers:
Antimicrobial: helps control the growth of micro-organisms on the skin.
What the rules say
Allowed, with restrictions: Annex III sets a maximum concentration. Ingredient lists do not give quantities, so the concentration cannot be checked on the label.
The text of the annexes
Allowed with restrictions
This entry covers the same substance as CHLORAMINE T (same CAS number in the CosIng inventory): its conditions apply.
- Maximum concentration
- 0.2%
- Entry
- Annex III, No 5
- Substance
- Tosylchloramide sodium (INN)
- Glossary names
- Chloramine-T
- CAS
- 127-65-1
- EC
- 204-854-7
What has changed, and what will change
Dates of the texts that cover this ingredient. A text date may cover several substances: the details of each entry are below.
Annex III, entry 5: introduced or replaced by Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009
Annex III, entry 5: applies from this date
CLP classification “Acute Tox. 4 *” applicable at the latest from this date (Regulation (EU) 2018/669)
Identity
- CosIng identifier
- 55258
- CAS (according to CosIng)
- 127-65-1
- EC (according to CosIng)
- 204-854-7
- Declared functions
- Antimicrobial
- Wikidata
- Q420695
- PubChem
- 3641960
- ECHAEuropean Chemicals Agency. InfoCard
- 100.004.414
- InChIKey
- VDQQXEISLMTGAB-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Classified hazard (CLP Regulation)
The harmonised classification is the one set by the European Union for the whole Union. H codes refer to the hazard statements of Annex III of Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008.
tosylchloramide sodium
Neither carcinogenic, mutagenic nor toxic for reproduction under the harmonised classification
- Hazard classes
- Acute toxicity, category 4 (Acute Tox. 4)
Skin corrosion, category 1B (Skin Corr. 1B)
Respiratory sensitisation, category 1 (Resp. Sens. 1) - Hazard statements
- H302 H314 H334
Elsewhere in the world
Information on other jurisdictions, with no effect on sale in France. What is covered, and what is not yet.
Comparison between countries
Most restrictive status in each country, and the maximum concentration cited. The details and the source of each rule follow.
| Country | Rule | Maximum concentration cited |
|---|---|---|
| European Union | Allowed with restrictions | 0.2% |
| United Kingdom | Allowed with restrictions | 0.2% |
| Switzerland | EU Regulation applies | 0.2% |
| United States (federal) | No federal rule recorded | not cited |
| Japan | Allowed under conditions | not cited |
| South Korea | Restricted | 0.2% |
| China | No entry in the lists recorded | not cited |
| Australia | No entry in the lists recorded | not cited |
| Brazil | No entry in the lists recorded | not cited |
United Kingdom (Great Britain)
- Allowed with restrictions (Annex III)
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.
Japan
- Allowed under conditions: クロラミンT (Chloramine T)
Annex 3-2 (allowed preservatives), entry 13, page 8.
Conditions, source text, in Japanese
[sub-list] 2 化粧品の種類により配合の制限がある成分(注1) | 100g中の最大配合量(g) / 粘膜に使用されることがない化粧品のうち洗い流すもの: 0.30 | 100g中の最大配合量(g) / 粘膜に使用されることがない化粧品のうち洗い流さないもの: 0.10 | 100g中の最大配合量(g) / 粘膜に使用されることがある化粧品: | (注1) 空欄は、配合してはならないことを示し、○印は、配合の上限がないことを示す。
South Korea
- Restricted: 클로라민T
별표 2, 기타 (other substances with limits), entry 69, page 42. Limit: 0.2%.
Glossary: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1175. Page updated on 21 October 2026.