# BUTYL ACETATE

URL: https://app.greenveil.ai/ingredients/ingredient_dtxsid_dtxsid3021982
Categories: beauty, cleaning, food, industrial, pharma
Functions: Solvent, Fragrance, Flavouring agent, Flavouring, Deodorant
Identifier: DTXSID3021982

> BUTYL ACETATE: Used in cosmetics as a solvent and a fragrance ingredient. Greenveil chemical-concern score: 40/100 — Moderate concern based on regulatory listings.. Compiled from 9 published data sources.

## Safety assessment

- Chemical concern score: 40/100 — Moderate concern based on regulatory listings.
- Confidence in this assessment: High
- Is it a concern? Moderate concern: no hazard classifications on record. It is listed for cosmetic use in the EU.
- Rationale: EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 12307 composition records across product categories including Raw materials, Furniture and furnishings, Construction and building materials.

## Regulatory status

- EU: Active — Listed in CosIng inventory for cosmetic use.
- EU: EFSA opinion — Scientific Opinion on the evaluation of the substances currently on the list in the annex to Commission Directive 96/3/EC as acceptable previous cargoes for edible fats and oils - Part III of III (EFSA CONTAM)
- GLOBAL: No safety concern at current levels of intake when used as a flavouring agent — JECFA evaluation lists ADI No safety concern at current levels of intake when used as a flavouring agent. Functional class: flavouring agent.
- GLOBAL: Evaluated — JECFA evaluation record.
- US: commercial use observed — EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 12307 composition records across product categories including Raw materials, Furniture and furnishings, Construction and building materials. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Solvent, Deodorizer, No specific technical function.
- US: listed in openFDA substance — openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as chemical.
- US: marketed drug occurrence — FDA NDC lists this ingredient in 1 active drug products and 2 total products.

## 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.
- EFSA (European Food Safety Authority): Scientific Opinion on the evaluation of the substances currently on the list in the annex to Commission Directive 96/3/EC as acceptable previous cargoes for edible fats and oils - Part III of III (EFSA CONTAM) — 2012 — https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2012.2984.
- JECFA (Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives): JECFA evaluation lists ADI No safety concern at current levels of intake when used as a flavouring agent. Functional class: flavouring agent. — https://apps.who.int/food-additives-contaminants-jecfa-database/Home/Chemical/1728; JECFA evaluation record. — https://apps.who.int/food-additives-contaminants-jecfa-database/Home/Chemical/1241.

## Data sources

- CosIng (updated 2026-09-23): https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/details/74737
- EFSA OpenFoodTox (updated 2026-10-04): https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8120114
- EPA Chemical and Products Database (updated oct 19, 2017): https://living-future.org/declare-products/carbothane-133-mc/
- 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 National Drug Code Directory (updated 2028-05-17): https://www.fda.gov/drugs/drug-approvals-and-databases/national-drug-code-directory-support-files
- 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/1241
- openFDA Substance (updated 2026-05-24): https://api.fda.gov/other/substance.json?search=unii:464P5N1905
- PubChem Live Enrichment (updated 2026-05-17): https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/31272

_Assessed by Greenveil._