# MICA

URL: https://app.greenveil.ai/ingredients/ingredient_dtxsid_dtxsid3049671
Categories: beauty, cleaning, food, industrial, pharma
Functions: Colorant, Anticaking, Bulking, Opacifying, Colourant, Opacifier
Identifier: DTXSID3049671

> MICA: Used in cosmetics as a colourant, an anticaking agent and a bulking agent. Mica is a series of silicate minerals of varying chemical composition but with similar physical properties. Mica may have well-defined cleavage and split into very thin sheets. EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 16753 composition records across product categories including Construction and building materials, Furniture and furnishings, Raw materials. Compiled from 5 published data sources.

## Safety assessment

- Chemical concern: not yet assessed
- Is it a concern? We haven't assessed a concern score for this ingredient yet. It is listed for cosmetic use in the EU.
- Rationale: EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 16753 composition records across product categories including Construction and building materials, Furniture and furnishings, Raw materials.

## Regulatory status

- EU: Active — Mica is a series of silicate minerals of varying chemical composition but with similar physical properties. Mica may have well-defined cleavage and split into very thin sheets.
- GLOBAL: Evaluated — JECFA evaluation record.
- US: commercial use observed — EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 16753 composition records across product categories including Construction and building materials, Furniture and furnishings, Raw materials. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Dye, Brightener, Opacifer.
- US: marketed drug occurrence — FDA NDC lists this ingredient in 1 active drug products and 1 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.
- JECFA (Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives): JECFA evaluation record. — https://apps.who.int/food-additives-contaminants-jecfa-database/Home/Chemical/6200.

## Data sources

- CosIng (updated 2026-09-23): https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/details/35360
- EPA Chemical and Products Database (updated september 25, 2015): https://living-future.org/declare-products/alsecure-electrical-cable-range/
- 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 2026-12-31): https://www.fda.gov/drugs/drug-approvals-and-databases/national-drug-code-directory-support-files
- WHO JECFA Database (updated 2026-10-04): https://apps.who.int/food-additives-contaminants-jecfa-database/Home/Chemical/6200

_Assessed by Greenveil._