# Aniline

URL: https://app.greenveil.ai/ingredients/ingredient_cas_62_53_3
Categories: beauty, food, industrial, pharma
Functions: Intermediate, No specific technical function
Identifier: 62-53-3

> Aniline is used as intermediate / no specific technical function. Greenveil chemical-concern score: 100/100 — Critical concern driven by cmr.. Assessed from 7 sources.

## Safety assessment

- Chemical concern score: 100/100 — Critical concern driven by cmr.
- Confidence: 4
- Rationale: Aniline, its salts and its halogenated and sulphonated derivatives 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. CMR: Carcinogenic Cat. 2(),Mutagenic Cat. 2()
- US: commercial use observed — EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 114 composition records across product categories including Laboratory supplies, Raw materials, Food and drug. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Intermediate, No specific technical function.
- US: marketed drug occurrence — FDA NDC lists this ingredient in 3 active drug products and 3 total products.
- US: listed in openFDA substance — openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as chemical.

_Assessed by Greenveil._