HC YELLOW NO. 17

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 harmonised 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 299, requires this to be printed on the pack: “As from 3 March 2018: “Hair colourants can cause severe allergic reac­tions. Read and follow instructions. This product is not intended for use on persons under the age of 16. Temporary ‘black henna’ tat­toos may increase your risk of allergy. Do not colour your hair if: — you have a rash on your face or sensitive, irritated and damaged scalp, — you have ever experi­enced any reaction after colouring your hair, — you have experienced a re­action to a temporary ‘black henna’ tattoo in the past.”.

Allowed with restrictions

Product type

Hair dye substance in non-oxidative hair dye products

Maximum concentration

As from 3 September 2017: 0.5%

Warning to print

As from 3 March 2018: “Hair colourants can cause severe allergic reac­tions. Read and follow instructions. This product is not intended for use on persons under the age of 16. Temporary ‘black henna’ tat­toos may increase your risk of allergy. Do not colour your hair if: — you have a rash on your face or sensitive, irritated and damaged scalp, — you have ever experi­enced any reaction after colouring your hair, — you have experienced a re­action to a temporary ‘black henna’ tattoo in the past.

Entry

Annex III, No 299

Substance

Di[2-[4-[(E)-2- [2,4,5-trimethoxyphenyl]vinyl]pyridinin-1-ium]butanoyl]aminoethyl]disulfanyl dichloride

Glossary names

HC YELLOW NO 17

CAS

1450801-55-4

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

• Allowed colorant: 에치씨황색 17 호 (HC Yellow No. 17) (HC Yellow No. 17)

  색소 고시 별표 1 (allowed colorants), entry 126, page 7. Limit: 0.5%.

  Conditions, source text, in Korean

  염모용 화장품에만 사용 | ◎ 사용한도 0.5% | 비고: 타르색소