Acetate

CAS 71-50-1

Also registered as 1 other CAS number

124-51-6

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Acetate in plain language

What it is: Also known as Acetate ion · Acetate anion · Acetate ion (1-) · Acetic acid anion · Acetic acid, ION(1-) · Acetoxy ion
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(C2 H3 O)2- · Acetate Standard: CH3CO2- @ 1000 microg/mL in H2O · Acetate ions · Acetic cid glacial · Azetat · Natriumazetat · Shotgun · UNII-569DQM74SC · acetyl hydroxide · ethanoate · monoacetate · racemic acetate
What it does: We don't have a plain-language description for Acetate yet.
Is it a concern?: We haven't assessed a concern score for this ingredient yet.

Regulation

No restrictions found. Acetate appears in these published regulatory listings.

Recorded in these product areas

Found in consumer products
Beauty
Cleaning
Industrial

USEPAcommercial use observedEPA CPDat observed this chemical in 39 composition records across product categories including Raw materials, Personal care, Construction.
- EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 39 composition records across product categories including Raw materials, Personal care, Construction.Source →
USFDAlisted in openFDA substanceopenFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as chemical.
- openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as chemical.Source →

Expert safety opinions

No expert opinion on file for Acetate. These are the independent scientific bodies that assess ingredients like this one; we show an opinion only when a record we hold cites it.

SCCS
EU Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety
No SCCS opinion on file.
CIR
Cosmetic Ingredient Review (US expert panel)
No CIR safety assessment on file.

Evidence & sources

No graded research studies for Acetate yet. This record is compiled from the published data sources below — registries and regulatory listings, not study findings.

5 data sources

Where this comes from

EPA Chemical and Products Database
exposure · updated September 2013
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EPA DSSTox Identifiers
chemistry · updated 2025-12-29
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FDA GSRS UNII
registry · updated 2026-02-26
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openFDA Substance
registry · updated 2026-05-24
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PubChem Live Enrichment
chemistry · updated 2026-05-17
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Suitability

Context-specific fit derived from published classifications and the current ingredient evidence profile.

Fragrance avoidance

Nothing to weigh for this context yet.

No signal in this context

We have no published hazard signal for this ingredient, so we cannot say how it behaves in this context — that is missing evidence, not a clean result.

Where it has been recorded

How often EPA CPDat has listed Acetate in a product composition. These are source records, not Greenveil catalog products.

Source records

Named organisations

Raw materialsPersonal careConstruction

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Catalog

Found in these products

Their ingredient lists include Acetate; each product's own rating depends on its whole formula, so it is shown on the product page, not here.

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