# LINALYL ACETATE

URL: https://app.greenveil.ai/ingredients/ingredient_cas_115_95_7
Categories: beauty, cleaning, food, industrial
Functions: Fragrance, Flavouring agent, Flavouring, Deodorant
Identifier: 115-95-7

> LINALYL ACETATE: Used in cosmetics as a fragrance ingredient. Greenveil chemical-concern score: 70/100 — High concern based on regulatory listings.. Compiled from 8 published data sources.

## Safety assessment

- Chemical concern score: 70/100 — High concern based on regulatory listings.
- Confidence in this assessment: High
- Is it a concern? High concern: no hazard classifications on record. It is restricted in EU cosmetics.
- Rationale: 3,7-Dimethyl octa-1,6-diene-3-yl acetate is restricted in cosmetic products under Annex III of the EU Cosmetics Regulation (EC) 1223/2009.

## Regulatory status

- EU: Active — Restriction: III/337
- EU: Active — Cosmetics Regulation annex III / ref 337.
- EU: restricted — Annex III of EU Cosmetics Regulation (EC) 1223/2009: substances which cosmetic products must not contain except subject to the restrictions laid down. Other conditions: The presence of the substance shall be indicated in the list of ingredients referred to in Article 19(1), point (g), when its concentration exceeds: — 0,001 % in leave-on products — 0,01 % in rinse-off products.
- GLOBAL: Evaluated — JECFA evaluation record.
- GLOBAL: 0-0.5 mg/kg bw (1979) — JECFA evaluation lists ADI 0-0.5 mg/kg bw (1979). Functional class: flavouring agent.
- US: commercial use observed — EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 578 composition records across product categories including Cleaning products and household care, Vehicle, Personal care. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Fragrance, Deodorizer, Flavouring and nutrient.
- US: listed in openFDA substance — openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as chemical.

## Expert safety opinions

- SCCS (EU Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety): no opinion on file.
- CIR (Cosmetic Ingredient Review (US expert panel)): no opinion on file.
- JECFA (Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives): JECFA evaluation record. — https://apps.who.int/food-additives-contaminants-jecfa-database/Home/Chemical/853; JECFA evaluation lists ADI 0-0.5 mg/kg bw (1979). Functional class: flavouring agent. — https://apps.who.int/food-additives-contaminants-jecfa-database/Home/Chemical/5076.

## Data sources

- CosIng (updated 2026-09-23): https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/details/100410
- EU CosIng Cosmetics Regulation Annexes (updated 2023-10-03): https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/reference/annexes/list/III
- EPA Chemical and Products Database (updated february 19, 2015): http://siri.org/msds/f2/ccp/ccptb.html
- EPA DSSTox Identifiers (updated 2025-12-29): https://epa.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Chemistry_Dashboard_Data_DSSTox_Identifiers_Mapped_to_CAS_Numbers_and_Names/5588566
- FDA GSRS UNII (updated 2026-02-26): https://precision.fda.gov/uniisearch/
- WHO JECFA Database (updated 2026-10-04): https://apps.who.int/food-additives-contaminants-jecfa-database/Home/Chemical/1909
- openFDA Substance (updated 2026-05-24): https://api.fda.gov/other/substance.json?search=unii:5K47SSQ51G
- PubChem Live Enrichment (updated 2026-05-17): https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/8294

_Assessed by Greenveil._