SODIUM OXALATE
Official label name (INCIInternational name of cosmetic ingredients: the one printed on the pack. name, EU glossary of cosmetic ingredient names), No 26875
- Cited as an example in a rule, no rule of its own (Annex III)
SODIUM OXALATE: Cited as an example in a rule, no rule of its own (Annex III, entry 3), 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:
Anticorrosive: prevents corrosion of the packaging.
Chelating: reacts and forms complexes with metal ions which could affect the stability and/or appearance of cosmetics.
What the rules say
This name is only cited as an example in an entry of Annex III, which covers a family of substances: the exact conditions depend on the form used.
The text of the annexes
Allowed with restrictions
CosIng cites the name SODIUM OXALATE in this entry, whose regulated name is “OXALIC ACID”: the title below says which form or use it covers.
- Product type
- Hair products
- Maximum concentration
- 5%
- Other conditions
- Professional use
- Warning to print
- For professional use only
- Entry
- Annex III, No 3
- Substance
- Oxalic acid, its esters and alkaline salts
- Glossary names
- OXALIC ACID
- CAS
- 144-62-7
- EC
- 205-634-3
Identity
- CosIng identifier
- 38007
- CAS (according to CosIng)
- 62-76-0
- EC (according to CosIng)
- 200-550-3
- Declared functions
- Anticorrosive, Chelating
- Wikidata
- Q420127
- ECHAEuropean Chemicals Agency. InfoCard
- 100.000.501
- InChIKey
- ZNCPFRVNHGOPAG-UHFFFAOYSA-L
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 | Cited as an example in a rule, no rule of its own | not cited |
| United Kingdom | Cited as an example in a rule, no rule of its own | 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 | Restricted | 5% |
| China | No entry in the lists recorded | not cited |
| Australia | No entry in the lists recorded | not cited |
| Brazil | No entry in the lists recorded | not cited |
United Kingdom (Great Britain)
- Cited as an example in a rule, no rule of its own (Annex III)
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: 옥살릭애씨드, 그 에스텔류 및 알칼리 염류 (SODIUM OXALATE)
별표 2, 기타 (other substances with limits), entry 58, page 39-40. Limit: 두발용제품류에 5%.
Conditions, source text, in Korean
비고: 기타 제품에는 사용금지 | 화학물질명: 옥살릭애씨드 (CAS No. 144-62-7) | 화학물질명: 디에틸옥살레이트 (CAS No. 95-92-1) | 화학물질명: 디부틸옥살레이트 (CAS No. 2050-60-4) | 화학물질명: 소듐옥살레이트 (CAS No. 62-76-0) | 화학물질명: 디이소부틸옥살레이트 (CAS No. 13784-89-9) | 화학물질명: 디리튬옥살레이트 (CAS No. 553-91-3) | 화학물질명: 디메틸옥살레이트 (CAS No. 553-90-2) | 화학물질명: 디포타슘옥살레이트 (CAS No. 583-52-8) | 화학물질명: 디프로필옥살레이트 (CAS No. 615-98-5) | 화학물질명: 디이소프로필옥살레이트 (CAS No. 615-81-6)
Glossary: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1175. Page updated on 21 October 2026.