LACCAIC ACID
Official label name (INCIInternational name of cosmetic ingredients: the one printed on the pack. name, EU glossary of cosmetic ingredient names), No 14260
- Prohibited in hair dyes (Annex II)
LACCAIC ACID: Prohibited in hair dyes (Annex II, entry 1279), 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
No official classification for sensitisation, irritation or eye damage, and no obligation to label it as an allergen.
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:
Hair dyeing: colours hair.
What the rules say
Prohibited as a substance in hair dye products. This entry does not cover other uses, which may fall under another annex.
The text of the annexes
Prohibited in hair dyes
CosIng links the name LACCAIC ACID to this entry. The cases of prohibition are explained above, in “In plain words”; the official title is given below.
- Entry
- Annex II, No 1279
- Substance
- Laccaic acid (CI Natural Red 25) and its salts, when used as a substance in hair dye products
- CAS
- 60687-93-6
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.
Annex II, entry 1279: introduced or replaced by Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009
Annex II, entry 1279: applies from this date
Identity
- CosIng identifier
- 34806
- CAS (according to CosIng)
- 60687-93-6
- Declared functions
- Hair dyeing
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.
| Country | Rule | Maximum concentration cited |
|---|---|---|
| European Union | Prohibited in hair dyes | not cited |
| United Kingdom | Prohibited in hair dyes | not cited |
| Switzerland | EU Regulation applies | not cited |
| United States (federal) | No federal rule recorded | not cited |
| Japan | No entry in the lists recorded | not cited |
| South Korea | Prohibited differs from the EU | not cited |
| China | Prohibited differs from the EU | not cited |
| Australia | No entry in the lists recorded | not cited |
| Brazil | Prohibited differs from the EU | not cited |
United Kingdom (Great Britain)
- Prohibited in hair dyes (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: 라카익애씨드(CI 내츄럴레드 25) 및 그 염류
별표 1 (prohibited substances), entry 218, page 11.
Conditions, source text, in Korean
화학물질명: 라카익애씨드(CI 내츄럴레드 25) (CAS No. 60687-93-6)
China
- Prohibited: 紫胶色酸 （自然红 25 ）及其盐类 (Laccaic Acid （Natural Red 25 ） （CAS No. 60687-93-6） and its salts)
表1 化妆品禁用原料目录 (prohibited substances, 2021年第74号), entry 858, page 附件2 (.doc) table row 858 ; TID reprint p.34.
Brazil
- Prohibited: Ácido lacaico (CI vermelho natural 25) e seus sais, quando usado como substância que entra na composição de corantes capilares
RDC 529/2021, Anexo (prohibited substances), entry 1279, page 43.
Conditions, source text, in Portuguese
N° UE: 1279
Glossary: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1175. Page updated on 21 October 2026.