SILVER CITRATE
Official label name (INCI name, EU glossary of cosmetic ingredient names), No 26147
- Preservative allowed under conditions (Annex V)
SILVER CITRATE: Preservative allowed under conditions, with limits depending on the product type (Annex V, entry 59), under Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009.
In plain words
What it is used for
Functions declared by manufacturers:
Antimicrobial: helps control the growth of micro-organisms on the skin.
Deodorant: reduces or masks unpleasant body odours.
Preservative: inhibits primarily the development of micro-organisms in cosmetics.
What the rules say
An ingredient can be used as a preservative only if it appears on the list of Annex V. <function plain_language.<locals>.name at 0x7f7805a947c0> is on it with a maximum concentration.
The text of the annexes
Preservative allowed under conditions
This entry covers the same substance as SILVER CITRATE (same CAS number in the CosIng inventory): its conditions apply.
- Entry
- Annex V, No 59
- Substance
- 1,2,3-Propanetricarboxylic acid, 2-hydroxy-, monohydrate and 1,2,3-Propanetricarboxylic acid, 2-hydroxy-silver(1+) salt, monohydrate
- Glossary names
- CITRIC ACID (AND) SILVER CITRATE
- CAS
- 5949-29-1; 77-92-9; 36701-38-9
- EC
- 460-890-5
- Maximum concentration
- 0,2% corresponding to 0,0024% of silver
- Other conditions
- Not to be used in oral producrs and eye products
Dates in the act (1)
- Entry into force on 29 August 2014
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
- 82665
- CAS (according to CosIng)
- 36701-38-9
- Declared functions
- Antimicrobial, Deodorant, Preservative
Elsewhere in the world
Information on other jurisdictions. What is covered, and what is not yet.
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.
Recorded cosmetics that contain it
3 recorded products list it, according to Open Beauty Facts contributors. Records are dated: the formula may have changed. See the list (page in French).
Glossary: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1175. Page updated on 21 October 2026.