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Sodium dichloroisocyanurate

CAS 2893-78-9

Also registered as 8 other CAS numbers

10119-30-9 · 12676-23-2 · 13023-28-4 · 16499-74-4 · 25717-18-4 · 76560-28-6 · 81918-50-5 · 200401-83-8

Sodium dichloroisocyanurate chemical structure

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Sodium dichloroisocyanurate in plain language

What it is

Also known as Troclosene sodium · Dichloroisocyanuric acid sodium salt · Dichlorosan · Nadcc · Sodium dichlorocyanurate · Sodium troclosene

Show all 15 names

Sodium 3,5-dichloro-2,4,6-trioxo-1,3,5-triazinan-1-ide · 3,5-Dichloro-2-hydroxy-4,6-s-triazinedione sodium salt · Actisept · Actisan · Basolan DC · Clearon · Neochlor 55 · sodium dichloro-s-triazinetrione · sodium dichloro-s-triazinetrione (600 mg/tablet)

What it does

Used in consumer products as a preservative, a surfactant and a deodorant.

  • Preservative
  • Surfactant
  • Deodorant
  • Bleaching agent
  • Antimicrobial
Is it a concern?
We haven't assessed a concern score for this ingredient yet.

Regulation

No restrictions found. Sodium dichloroisocyanurate appears in these published regulatory listings.

Recorded in these product areas

  • Found in consumer products
  • Beauty
  • Cleaning
  • Pharma
  • Food
  • Industrial
  • USEPAcommercial use observedEPA CPDat observed this chemical in 85 composition records across product categories including Cleaning and safety, Cleaning products and household care, Personal care. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Preservative, Bleaching agent, Biocide.
    • EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 85 composition records across product categories including Cleaning and safety, Cleaning products and household care, Personal care. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Preservative, Bleaching agent, Biocide.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 Sodium dichloroisocyanurate. 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.

  • JECFA

    Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives

    No JECFA evaluation on file.

  • EFSA

    European Food Safety Authority

    No EFSA opinion on file.

Evidence & sources

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

4 data sources

Where this comes from

  • EPA Chemical and Products Database

    exposure · updated January 7, 2008

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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

    Open →

Suitability

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

Food use

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.

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 Sodium dichloroisocyanurate in a product composition. These are source records, not Greenveil catalog products.

Source records

85

Named organisations

6

Cleaning and safetyCleaning products and household carePersonal careFood and drugLaboratory suppliesLandscape/yard

Typical roles

PreservativeSurfactantDeodorantBleaching agentAntimicrobial
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Catalog

Found in these products

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