PROPYLPARABEN

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

  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).

  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). Annex V, entry 12 a, sets a condition for children under 3: “Not to be used in leave-on products designed for application on the nappy area of children under three years of age.”

  For a question about your own situation, ask your doctor, midwife or pharmacist.

• 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

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

  For informationOfficial information with no condition on a finished product: warning to read, irritation of the pure substance. Annex V, entry 12 a, requires this to be printed on the pack: “For leave-on products designed for children under three years of age: "Do not use on the nappy area"”.

Preservative allowed under conditions

This entry covers the same substance as PROPYLPARABEN (same CAS number in the CosIng inventory): its conditions apply.

Maximum concentration

- 0.14% (as acid) for the sum of the individual concentrations - 0.8% (as acid) for mixtures of substances mentioned in entry 12 and 12a, here the sum of the individual concentrations of butyl and propylparaben and their salts does not exceed 0.14%

Other conditions

Not to be used in leave-on products designed for application on the nappy area of children under three years of age.

Warning to print

For leave-on products designed for children under three years of age: "Do not use on the nappy area"

Entry

Annex V, No 12 a

Substance

Butyl 4-hydroxy­benzoate and its salts Propyl 4-hydroxy­benzoate and its salts

Glossary names

BUTYLPARABEN/PROPYLPARABEN/SODIUM PROPOYLPARABEN/SODIUM BUTYLPARABEN/POTASSIUM BUTYLPARABEN/POTASSIUM PROPYLPARABEN

CAS

94-26-8/ 94-13-3/ 35285-69-9/ 36457-20-2/ 38566-94-8/ 84930-16-5

EC

202-318-7/ 202-307-7/ 252-488-1/ 253-049-7/ 254-009-1/ 284-597-5

Identity

CosIng identifier

37312

CAS (according to CosIng)

94-13-3

EC (according to CosIng)

202-307-7

Declared functions

Preservative, Perfuming

Wikidata

Q511627

PubChem

7175

ECHAEuropean Chemicals Agency. InfoCard

100.002.098

InChIKey

QELSKZZBTMNZEB-UHFFFAOYSA-N

• 10 June 2022: Wet wipes for babies, cotton club, Lithuania (“Serious risk”) alert
• 28 July 2017: Cream for babies, Cotton Tree, Ireland (“Serious risk”) alert

United Kingdom (Great Britain)

• Preservative allowed under conditions (Annex V)

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

• Restricted: p-하이드록시벤조익애씨드, 그 염류 및 에스텔류 (다만, 에스텔류 중 페닐은제외)

  별표 2, 보존제 성분 (preservatives), entry 57, page 12-13. Limit: ․단일성분일 경우 0.4%(산으로서) ․혼합사용의 경우 0.8%(산으로서).

  Conditions, source text, in Korean

  화학물질명: 4-하이드록시벤조익애씨드 (CAS No. 99-96-7) | 화학물질명: 메틸파라벤 (CAS No. 99-76-3) | 화학물질명: 부틸파라벤 (CAS No. 94-26-8) | 화학물질명: 소듐메틸파라벤 (CAS No. 5026-62-0) | 화학물질명: 소듐부틸파라벤 (CAS No. 36457-20-2) | 화학물질명: 소듐에틸파라벤 (CAS No. 35285-68-8) | 화학물질명: 소듐이소부틸파라벤 (CAS No. 84930-15-4) | 화학물질명: 소듐프로필파라벤 (CAS No. 35285-69-9) | 화학물질명: 에틸파라벤 (CAS No. 120-47-8) | 화학물질명: 이소부틸파라벤 (CAS No. 4247-02-3) | 화학물질명: 이소프로필파라벤 (CAS No. 4191-73-5) | 화학물질명: 프로필파라벤 (CAS No. 94-13-3) | 화학물질명: 포타슘메틸파라벤 (CAS No. 26112-07-2) | 화학물질명: 포타슘부틸파라벤 (CAS No. 38566-94-8) | 화학물질명: 포타슘에틸파라벤 (CAS No. 36457-19-9) | 화학물질명: 포타슘파라벤 (CAS No. 16782-08-4) | 화학물질명: 포타슘프로필파라벤 (CAS No. 84930-16-5) | 화학물질명: 소듐이소프로필파라벤 | 화학물질명: 소듐파라벤 (CAS No. 114-63-6) | 화학물질명: 칼슘파라벤 (CAS No. 69959-44-0)

Brazil

• Allowed under conditions: 4- hidroxibenzoato de butilo e seus sais 4- hidroxibenzoato de propilo e seus sais (BUTYLPARABEN/ PROPYLPARABEN/ SODIUM PROPYLPARABEN/ SODIUM BUTYLPARABEN/ POTASSIUM BUTYLPARABEN/ POTASSIUM PROPYLPARABEN)

  RDC 528/2021, Anexo (allowed preservatives), entry 11-A, page 3. Limit: -0.14% (expresso como ácido) para a soma das concentrações individuais. -0.8% (expresso como ácido) para a soma das concentrações individuais das substâncias mencionadas nos itens 11 e 11-A contidos no produto; neste caso a soma das concentrações individuais de butil e propilparabeno e seus sais não devem superar 0.14% (expresso como ácido)..

  Conditions, source text, in Portuguese

  LIMITAÇÕES: Não usar em produtos que não se enxáguem destinados a área de fraldas em crianças menores de 3 anos. | CONDIÇÕES DE USO E ADVERTÊNCIAS: Em produtos que não se enxáguem desenhados para crianças menores de 3 anos: "Não usar nas áreas das fraldas”.

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