# Retinoic acid

URL: https://app.greenveil.ai/ingredients/ingredient_cas_302_79_4
Categories: beauty, industrial, pharma
Functions: No specific technical function
Identifier: 302-79-4

> Retinoic acid is used as no specific technical function. Greenveil chemical-concern score: 100/100 — Critical concern based on regulatory listings.. Assessed from 7 sources.

## Safety assessment

- Chemical concern score: 100/100 — Critical concern based on regulatory listings.
- Confidence: 4
- Rationale: Tretinoin (INN) (retinoic acid and its salts) is prohibited in cosmetic products under Annex II of the EU Cosmetics Regulation (EC) 1223/2009.

## Regulatory status

- EU: banned — Annex II of EU Cosmetics Regulation (EC) 1223/2009: substances prohibited in cosmetic products.
- US: commercial use observed — EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 3 composition records across product categories including Laboratory supplies. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including No specific technical function.
- US: marketed drug occurrence — FDA NDC lists this ingredient in 1 active drug products and 1 total products.
- US: listed in openFDA substance — openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as chemical.

_Assessed by Greenveil._