Food use
Food-use source coverage is present in the current record.
The ingredient appears in food-oriented source coverage or allowed-use references, which makes food use easier to support than a context with no domain signal at all.
- beauty
- industrial
Chloroacetamide
2-Chloracetamide is prohibited in cosmetic products under Annex II of the EU Cosmetics Regulation (EC) 1223/2009.
RestrictedEU EC — banned
Concern score
100/100Critical concern driven by cmr.
Well researched
How we scored this
This score describes the ingredient's chemical identity — its hazard profile from the published classifications and regulatory status below — not the safety of any product it appears in. Ingredients we have no hazard signal for are labelled “Not assessed” rather than scored.
Concern score 100/100 (critical) · high confidence.
Regional restrictions
- EU — banned · Annex II of EU Cosmetics Regulation (EC) 1223/2009: substances prohibited in cosmetic products. CMR: Reprotoxic Cat. 2()
Where it appears
Prevalence of Chloroacetamide in our catalog (epa_cpdat).
Products
3
Brands
3
Laboratory supplies
Typical roles
Preservative
Found in these products
Suitability
Context-specific fit derived from published classifications and the current ingredient evidence profile.
Good fit
Fragrance avoidance
No fragrance-linked caution surfaced in the current profile.
This ingredient does not currently read as a fragrance-linked driver in the published evidence and hazard profile.
Evidence
No graded sources yet for Chloroacetamide. We publish evidence only once a source is linked and reviewed — this ingredient is in the catalog, but has not been assessed.
Regulatory status
Restrictions first, then routine listings from published regulatory sources.
- View source →banned
EUEC
Annex II of EU Cosmetics Regulation (EC) 1223/2009: substances prohibited in cosmetic products. CMR: Reprotoxic Cat. 2()
USEPAcommercial use observedEPA CPDat observed this chemical in 3 composition records across product categories including Laboratory supplies. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Preservative.
- EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 3 composition records across product categories including Laboratory supplies. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Preservative.Source →
USFDAlisted in openFDA substanceopenFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as chemical.
- openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as chemical.Source →