GAMMA-TERPINENE (γ‑terpinene)
Official label name (INCI name, EU glossary of cosmetic ingredient names), No 10772
- Allowed with restrictions (Annex III)
GAMMA-TERPINENE (γ‑terpinene): Allowed with restrictions (Annex III, entry 132), under Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009.
In plain words
What it is used for
Functions declared by manufacturers:
Perfuming.
What the rules say
Allowed, with restrictions: Annex III sets a warning to be printed on the packaging. Ingredient lists do not give quantities, so the concentration cannot be checked on the label; the warning can.
The text of the annexes
Allowed with restrictions
This entry covers the same substance as GAMMA-TERPINENE (same CAS number in the CosIng inventory): its conditions apply.
- Entry
- Annex III, No 132
- Substance
- gamma-Terpinene; p-Mentha-1,4-diene
- CAS
- 99-85-4
- EC
- 202-794-6
- Other conditions
- Peroxide value less than 10 mmoles/L (15)
- Warnings
- (15 ) This limit applies to the substance and not to the finished cosmetic product.’
Dates in the act (3)
- Entry into force on 15 May 2013
- Application from 11 July 2013
It shall apply from 11 July 2013.
- Entry into force on 11 July 2013
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
- 41435
- CAS (according to CosIng)
- 99-85-4
- EC (according to CosIng)
- 202-794-6
- Declared functions
- Perfuming
- Wikidata
- Q423975
- PubChem
- 7461
- ECHA InfoCard
- 100.002.540
- InChIKey
- YKFLAYDHMOASIY-UHFFFAOYSA-N
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)
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: 과산화물가가 10mmol/L을 초과하는 γ-테르피넨
별표 1 (prohibited substances), entry 791, page 41. Conditions (source text, in Korean): 화학물질명: γ-테르피넨 (CAS No. 99-85-4)
Glossary: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1175. Page updated on 21 October 2026.