TRICLOCARBAN

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

  Worth watchingThe text sets a condition or flags a hazard worth knowing: allergen, suspected effect, condition for children, hazard to the aquatic environment.

  Worth watching Annex V, entry 23, prohibits it for children under 6 in certain products only: “Not to be used in toothpaste intended for children under 6 years of age.”

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

• 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 V, entry 23, requires this to be printed on the pack: “For toothpaste containing Triclocarban the following labelling is obligatory: ‘Not to be used for children under 6 years of age’.”.

Allowed with restrictions

Product type

Rinse-off products

Maximum concentration

1.5%

Other conditions

Purity criteria: 3, 3', 4, 4'-Tetrachloroazobenzene

Entry

Annex III, No 100

Substance

1-(4-Chlorophenyl)-3-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)urea (13)

Glossary names

TRICLOCARBAN

CAS

101-20-2

EC

202-924-1

Preservative allowed under conditions

Product type

All cosmetic products, with the exception of mouthwash.

Maximum concentration

0.2%

Other conditions

Purity criteria: 3,3',4,4'-Tetrachloroazobenzene ≤ 1 ppm 3,3',4,4'-Tetrachloroazoxybenzene ≤ 1 ppm Not to be used in toothpaste intended for children under 6 years of age. Cosmetic products containing that substance that do not comply with the conditions may, provided that they comply with the conditions applicable on 23 April 2024, be placed on the Union market until 31 December 2024 and, if they have already been placed on the market before that date, continue to be made available on the Union market until 31 October 2025.

Warning to print

For toothpaste containing Triclocarban the following labelling is obligatory: ‘Not to be used for children under 6 years of age’.

Entry

Annex V, No 23

Substance

1-(4-Chlorophenyl)-3-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)urea

Glossary names

Triclocarban

CAS

101-20-2

EC

202-924-1

Identity

CosIng identifier

38662

CAS (according to CosIng)

101-20-2

EC (according to CosIng)

202-924-1

Declared functions

Antimicrobial, Deodorant, Preservative

Wikidata

Q416579

PubChem

7547

ECHA InfoCard

100.002.659

InChIKey

ICUTUKXCWQYESQ-UHFFFAOYSA-N

• 30 November 2018: Antiseptic soap, Zakuro, France (“Serious risk”) alert
  The product contains too much triclocarban as a preservative (measured value: 1.3% in weight) and 4-chloroaniline (measured value: 0.2% in weight). Aromatic amines can cause cancer and/or allergic reactions. The product does not comply with the Cosmetics…

United Kingdom (Great Britain)

• Allowed with restrictions (Annex III)
• Preservative allowed under conditions (Annex V)

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

• Restricted: 트리클로카반(트리클로카바닐리드) (TRICLOCARBAN)

  별표 2, 보존제 성분 (preservatives), entry 49, page 11. Limit: 0.2% (다만, 원료 중 3.3',4.4'-테트 라클로로아조벤젠 1ppm 미만,3.3',4.4'-테트라 클로로아족시벤젠 1ppm 미만 함유하여야 함).

• Restricted: 트리클로카반(트리클로카바닐리드) (TRICLOCARBAN)

  별표 2, 기타 (other substances with limits), entry 73, page 42. Limit: 사용 후 씻어내는 제품류에 1.5%.

  Conditions, source text, in Korean

  비고: 기능성화장품의 유효성분으로 사용하는 경우에 한하며 기타 제품에는 사용금지

Brazil

• Allowed under conditions: 3,4,4’-triclorocarbanilida (*) (TRICLOCARBAN)

  RDC 528/2021, Anexo (allowed preservatives), entry 21, page 3;4. Limit: 0.2%.

  Conditions, source text, in Portuguese

  LIMITAÇÕES: -Critério de pureza: 3,3’,4,4’-Tetracloro-azobenzeno menor que 1 ppm e 3,3’,4,4’-Tetracloro-azoxibenzeno menor que 1 ppm.

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