HC BLUE NO. 2

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

  No official classification for sensitisation, irritation or eye damage, and no obligation to label it as an allergen.

• Environment

  No harmonised classification as hazardous to the aquatic environment, and it is not on ECHAEuropean Chemicals Agency.'s Candidate List as an endocrine disruptor for the environment.

• Read on the label

  For informationOfficial information with no condition on a finished product: warning to read, irritation of the pure substance.

  For information Annex III, entry 247, requires this to be printed on the pack: “Can cause allergic reaction”.

Allowed with restrictions

Product type

Hair dye substance in non-oxidative hair dye products

Maximum concentration

2.8%

Other conditions

- Do not use nitrosating agents - Maximum nitrosamine content: 50 microgram/Kg - Keep in nitrite-free containers

Warning to print

Can cause allergic reaction

Entry

Annex III, No 247

Substance

2,2'-[[4-[(2-Hydroxyethyl)amino]-3-nitrophenyl]imino]bisethanol (see note 17)

Glossary names

HC BLUE NO 2

CAS

33229-34-4

EC

251-410-3

Identity

CosIng identifier

34191

CAS (according to CosIng)

33229-34-4

EC (according to CosIng)

251-410-3

Declared functions

Hair dyeing

Wikidata

Q27155970

PubChem

36383

ECHA InfoCard

100.046.722

InChIKey

MIWUTEVJIISHCP-UHFFFAOYSA-N

United Kingdom (Great Britain)

• Allowed with restrictions (Annex III)

Same entries as in the European Union. Their maximum concentrations are compared in the “Comparison between countries” table; other conditions (product types, warnings) may differ.

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: 2,2'-[[4-[(2-하이드록시에칠)아미 노]-3-니트로페닐]이미노]비스에탄올 및 그 염류(예 : 에이치시 청색 No. 2)

  별표 1 (prohibited substances), entry 1028, page 52.

  Conditions, source text, in Korean

  화학물질명: 에이치시 청색No.2 (CAS No. 33229-34-4) | ※ 유의사항 2: 1) 표시는 [별표 2] 염모제 성분에서 정한 기준에 적합한 경우는 제외한다.

• Restricted: 2,2'-[[4-[(2-하이드록시에칠)아미노]-3-니트로페 닐]이미노]비스에탄올 및 그 염류 (HC BLUE NO 2)

  별표 2, 염모제 성분 (hair colorants), entry 72, page 25. Limit: 비산화염모제에 2.8%.

  Conditions, source text, in Korean

  비고: 기타제품에는 사용금지 | 화학물질명: 에이치시 청색No.2 (CAS No. 33229-34-4)

1 recorded product list it, according to Open Beauty Facts contributors. Records are dated: the formula may have changed. See the list (in French).