ZINC PEROXIDE

Allowed with restrictions

CosIng cites the name ZINC PEROXIDE in this entry, whose regulated name is “HYDROGEN PEROXIDE”: the title below says which form or use it covers.

Entry

Annex III, No 12

Substance

Hydrogen peroxide and other compounds or mixtures that release hydrogen peroxide, including carbamide peroxide and zinc peroxide, with the exception of the following substances in Annex II: No 1397, 1398, 1399

Glossary names

HYDROGEN PEROXIDE

CAS

7722-84-1

EC

231-765-0

Product type

(a) Hair products (b) Skin products (c) Nail hardening products (d) Oral products, including mouth rinse, tooth paste and tooth whitening or bleaching products (e) Tooth whitening or bleaching products (f) Products intended for eyelashes

Maximum concentration

(a) 12 % of H2O2 (40 volumes), present or released (b) 4 % of H2O2, present or released (c) 2 % of H2O2, present or released (d) ≤ 0,1 % of H2O2, present or released (e) > 0,1 % ≤ 6 % of H2O2, present or released (f) 2 % of H2O2, present or released

Other conditions

(e) To be only sold to dental practitioners. For each cycle of use, first use by dental practitioners as defined under Directive 2005/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council* or under their direct supervision if an equivalent level of safety is ensured. Afterwards to be provided to the consumer to complete the cycle of use. Not to be used on a person under 18 years of age. (f) For professional use only

Warnings

(a) (f) Wear suitable gloves (a) (b) (c) (e) Contains hydrogen peroxide Avoid contact with eyes Rinse immediately if product comes into contact with them. (e) Concentration of H2O2 present or released indicated in percentage. Not to be used on a person under 18 years of age. To be only sold to dental practitioners. For each cycle of use, the first use to be only done by dental practitioners or under their direct supervision if an equivalent level of safety is ensured. Afterwards to be provided to the consumer to complete the cycle of use. f) To be printed on the label: ‘For professional use only. Avoid contact with eyes. Rinse eyes immediately if product comes into contact with them. Contains hydrogen peroxide

Identity

CosIng identifier

38972

CAS (according to CosIng)

1314-22-3

EC (according to CosIng)

215-226-7

Declared functions

Oxidising

Wikidata

Q647580

PubChem

10129902

ECHA InfoCard

100.013.843

InChIKey

IPTOGCUGCFHDSS-UHFFFAOYSA-N

• 31 December 2010: Teeth Whitening Product, Smilefresh, Finland (“Serious risk”) alert

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: 과산화수소 및 과산화수소 생성물질 (ZINC PEROXIDE)

  별표 2, 기타 (other substances with limits), entry 3, page 27. Limit: ․두발용 제품류에 과산화수소 로서 3% ․손톱경화용 제품에 과산화수소 로서 2%. Conditions (source text, in Korean): 비고: 기타 제품에는 사용금지 | 화학물질명: 과산화수소 (CAS No. 7722-84-1) | 화학물질명: 과붕산나트륨 (CAS No. 15120-21-5) | 화학물질명: 소듐카보네이트퍼옥사이드 (CAS No. 15630-89-4) | 화학물질명: 우레아퍼옥사이드 (CAS No. 124-43-6) | 화학물질명: 칼슘퍼옥사이드 (CAS No. 1305-79-9) | 화학물질명: 피브이피-하이드로젠퍼옥사이드 (CAS No. 135927-36-5) | 화학물질명: 스트론튬퍼옥사이드 (CAS No. 1314-18-7) | 화학물질명: 징크퍼옥사이드 (CAS No. 1314-22-3) | 화학물질명: 마그네슘퍼옥사이드 (CAS No. 1335-26-8 / 14452-57-4)