Zinc Acetate and 5 more names in EU cosmetics: Annex III, entry 24
Zinc Acetate and 5 more names: the maximum concentrations and conditions are in the entry below. Annex III, entry 24, consolidated 18 May 2026.
- Annex
- III: List of substances which cosmetic products must not contain except subject to the restrictions laid down
- Reference number
- 24
- Chemical name/INN
- Water-soluble zinc salts with the exception of zinc 4- hydroxy-benzene sulphonate (entry 25 of Annex III) (46)
- Name of Common Ingredients Glossary
- Zinc Acetate; Zinc Chloride; Zinc Gluconate; Zinc Glutamate; Zinc Citrate; Zinc Sulphate
- CAS number
- 557-34-6/ 5970-45-6; 7646-85-7; 4468-02-4; 1949-15-1; 546-46-3; 7733-02-0/, 7446-19-7/, 7446-20-0
- EC number
- 209-170-2/; 231-592-0; 224-736-9; 208-901-2; 231-793-3
- Later date in the text
- 1 January 2027, 1 July 2028
- Version
- Consolidated version of 18 May 2026
- Official source
- Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009, consolidated text
Official wording: restrictions
- Product type, body parts: (a) Toothpaste intended for users above 1 year of age | Maximum concentration in ready for use preparation: (a) 1 % (as zinc)
- Product type, body parts: (b) Toothpaste intended for children between 6 months and 1 year of age | Maximum concentration in ready for use preparation: (b) 0,72 % (as zinc)
- Product type, body parts: (c) Mouthwash intended for users above 6 years of age | Maximum concentration in ready for use preparation: (c) 0,1 % (as zinc)
- Product type, body parts: (d) Other products | Maximum concentration in ready for use preparation: (d) 1 % (as zinc)
Notes referred to in this entry
- (46) From 1 January 2027 cosmetic products containing these substances and not complying with the restrictions shall not be placed on the Union market. From 1 July 2028 cosmetic products containing these substances and not complying with the restrictions shall not be made available on the Union market.
Dates in the text that come after 5 November 2026
The consolidated text contains the following wording with a later date.
- From 1 January 2027 cosmetic products containing these substances and not complying with the restrictions shall not be placed on the Union market.
- From 1 July 2028 cosmetic products containing these substances and not complying with the restrictions shall not be made available on the Union market.
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