CHLOROACETAMIDE
Official label name (INCI name, EU glossary of cosmetic ingredient names), No 6218
- Prohibited in cosmetics (Annex II)
CHLOROACETAMIDE: Prohibited in cosmetics (Annex II, entry 1387), under Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009. Annexes of the Regulation consulted on 21 October 2026.
In plain words
What it is used for
Functions declared by manufacturers:
Preservative: inhibits primarily the development of micro-organisms in cosmetics.
What the rules say
It is prohibited to use it in a cosmetic product sold in the European Union, whatever the dose. If it appears on the ingredient list of a recent product, this needs checking: the record may be old or wrong, or the product intended for another market.
Hazard and risk
The CLP Regulation classifies this substance as toxic for reproduction, category 2 (suspected effect, without enough evidence for a higher category).
This classification describes what the substance can cause (a hazard), not what happens when using a product (a risk): the risk depends on the dose, the form and the route of exposure (skin, inhalation, ingestion).
Already prohibited in cosmetics (Annex II).
The text of the annexes
Prohibited in cosmetics
CosIng links the name CHLOROACETAMIDE to this Annex II entry.
- Entry
- Annex II, No 1387
- Substance
- 2-Chloracetamide
- CAS
- 79-07-2
- EC
- 201-174-2
Dates in the act (1)
- Entry into force on 12 June 2019
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
- 32661
- CAS (according to CosIng)
- 79-07-2
- EC (according to CosIng)
- 201-174-2
- Declared functions
- Preservative
- Wikidata
- Q209345
- PubChem
- 6580
- ECHA InfoCard
- 100.001.068
- InChIKey
- VXIVSQZSERGHQP-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.
2-chloracetamide
Reproductive toxicity, category 2 (Repr. 2)
- Hazard classes
- Reproductive toxicity, category 2 (Repr. 2)
Acute toxicity, category 3 (Acute Tox. 3)
Skin sensitisation, category 1 (Skin Sens. 1) - Hazard statements
- H361f *** H301 H317
EU product alerts (Safety Gate)
1 alert on cosmetic products cite this name in their hazard description. An alert targets a specific product, not the ingredient itself; each alert states the reason (prohibited substance, limit exceeded, missing labelling, and so on).
- 13 May 2022: Skin-lightening lotion, Laser white, Sweden (“Serious risk”) alert
Elsewhere in the world
Information on other jurisdictions, with no effect on sale in France. What is covered, and what is not yet.
United Kingdom (Great Britain)
- Prohibited in cosmetics (Annex II)
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.
South Korea
- Prohibited: 클로로아세타마이드 (CHLOROACETAMIDE)
별표 1 (prohibited substances), entry 747, page 39.
China
- Prohibited: 氯乙酰胺 (Chloroacetamide （CAS No. 79-07-2）)
表1 化妆品禁用原料目录 (prohibited substances, 2021年第74号), entry 397, page 附件2 (.doc) table row 397 ; TID reprint p.16.
Australia
- Subject to conditions (threshold, labelling or packaging): CHLOROACETAMIDE
Poisons Standard, Schedule 6 (cosmetic entries), page 246. Thresholds cited: more than 0.3%.
Conditions, source text
(a) in preparations for cosmetic use; or | (b) in preparations for topical therapeutic use; or | (c) in other preparations containing more than 0.3% of chloroacetamide.
Brazil
- Prohibited: 2-Cloroacetamida (chloroacetamide)
RDC 529/2021, Anexo (prohibited substances), entry 1403, page 48.
Conditions, source text, in Portuguese
N° UE: 1387
Recorded cosmetics that contain it
1 recorded product list it, according to Open Beauty Facts contributors. Records are dated: the formula may have changed. See the list (in French).
Glossary: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1175. Page updated on 21 October 2026.