Compoatlas

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

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.

  1. Annex III, entry 5: introduced or replaced by Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009

  2. Annex III, entry 5: applies from this date

  3. 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.

CountryRuleMaximum concentration cited
European UnionAllowed with restrictions0.2%
United KingdomAllowed with restrictions0.2%
SwitzerlandEU Regulation applies0.2%
United States (federal)No federal rule recordednot cited
JapanAllowed under conditionsnot cited
South KoreaRestricted0.2%
ChinaNo entry in the lists recordednot cited
AustraliaNo entry in the lists recordednot cited
BrazilNo entry in the lists recordednot 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.