Ingredient profile
FD&C Red #17
Raters disagreeCAS 85-86-9
At least one of our safety lists speaks to this ingredient. Also written as FD&C RED 17.
Raters don't agree. Here's where each one stands
Safe
Greenlens Precautionary Screen
Independent
Caution
Greenlens Ingredient Scan
Independent
Greenlens Tolerance Screen
Independent
Health Canada Ingredient Hotlist
Government
Concern
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Where each list lands
Funding shown- Caution
Greenlens Ingredient Scan
Independent
Listed in Annex II (ref 1353) only when used in a hair dye product. In other product types this use does not apply, so the listing is recorded as a restriction rather than a ban. (EU Cosmetics Regulation Annex II (prohibited))
- Safe
Greenlens Precautionary Screen
Independent
No listed hazard trait recognized for this ingredient.
- Caution
Also screened — not on these lists
- California Proposition 65
- US NTP Report on Carcinogens
- IARC Monographs
- ANSES Endocrine Disruptors
- EU Microplastics Restriction
- EU Harmonised Classification (CLP Annex VI)
Where regulators stand
Shown side by side, never combinedEach jurisdiction is reported on its own terms, from its own official lists. Where they disagree, that disagreement is the finding. Absence from a list is never a safety claim.
European Union
RestrictedAllowed only under stated conditions or limits.
- European Commission · EU Cosmetics Regulation Annex II (prohibited)Listed in Annex II (ref 1353) only when used in a hair dye product. In other product types this use does not apply, so the listing is recorded as a restriction rather than a ban.
Canada
RestrictedAllowed only under stated conditions or limits.
- Health Canada · Health Canada Cosmetic Ingredient HotlistA colourant not permitted near mucous membranes; warnings apply in hair-dye products.
California
Notes
- EU-restricted (with limits)
- Health Canada Hotlist — restricted
