Sodium nitrite in EU cosmetics: Annex III, entry 17
Sodium nitrite: maximum concentration in ready for use preparation by product type: Rust inhibitor: 0,2 %. Annex III, entry 17, 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
- 17
- Chemical name/INN
- Sodium nitrite
- Name of Common Ingredients Glossary
- Sodium nitrite
- CAS number
- 7632-00-0
- EC number
- 231-555-9
- Version
- Consolidated version of 18 May 2026
- Official source
- Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009, consolidated text
Official wording: restrictions
- Product type, body parts: Rust inhibitor | Maximum concentration in ready for use preparation: 0,2 % | Other: Not to be used with secondary and/or tertiary amines or other substances forming nitrosamines
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