Silver nitrate in EU cosmetics: Annex III, entry 48
Silver nitrate: maximum concentration in ready for use preparation by product type: Only for colouring eyelashes and eyebrows: 4 %. Annex III, entry 48, Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009, consolidated 18 May 2026.
- Annex
- III: List of substances which cosmetic products must not contain except subject to the restrictions laid down
- Reference number
- 48
- Chemical name/INN
- Silver nitrate
- Name of Common Ingredients Glossary
- Silver nitrate
- CAS number
- 7761-88-8
- EC number
- 231-853-9
- Version
- Consolidated version of 18 May 2026
- Official source
- Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009, consolidated text
Official wording: restrictions
- Product type, body parts: Only for colouring eyelashes and eyebrows | Maximum concentration in ready for use preparation: 4 %
Official wording: conditions of use and warnings
Contains silver nitrate
Rinse eyes immediately if product comes into contact with them
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