Ammonia and Ammonium Hydroxide: CIR Safety Assessment Summary
CIR safety assessment summary for Ammonia and Ammonium Hydroxide: ingredients reviewed, panel verdict, use concentration context, conditions, and source c.
Ammonia and Ammonium Hydroxide appears in a CIR safety assessment covering Ammonia and Ammonium Hydroxide. The panel verdict for the report is safe with restrictions. The CIR Expert Panel concluded that Ammonia and Ammonium Hydroxide are safe as used in hair dyes and colors and safe in cosmetics applied directly to the skin in the present practices of use and concentration described in the safety assessment when formulated to be non-irritating.
| Field | CIR value |
|---|---|
| Primary ingredient | Ammonia and Ammonium Hydroxide |
| CIR verdict | safe with restrictions |
| Report type | Final Report |
| Date | The 2017 |
| CAS numbers | 7664-41-7, 1336-21-6 |
| Use concentration context | present practices of use and concentration described in the safety assessment |
| Conditions or carve-outs | When formulated to be non-irritating |
Ingredients Reviewed
The review scope matters because CIR conclusions often apply to an ingredient family rather than a single INCI name. In this report, the ingredient list includes Ammonia and Ammonium Hydroxide.
Safety Conclusion
The conclusion for Ammonia and Ammonium Hydroxide should be read as a CIR panel conclusion, not a regulatory limit. CIR assessments summarize expert-panel safety determinations for cosmetic use, while legal status still depends on the jurisdiction and product category.
For use levels, the report gives this concentration context: present practices of use and concentration described in the safety assessment. That language is the safe-use context shown for this page.
Conditions
When formulated to be non-irritating
Formulation Reading
For formula review, begin with the exact INCI identity and the ingredient group covered by the CIR assessment. If the material is Ammonia and Ammonium Hydroxide, the relevant comparison is whether the intended use aligns with the practices, concentration ranges, and conditions described in the CIR source.
The ingredient hub at Ammonia and Ammonium Hydroxide should carry the substance-level profile. This page is the report-level summary, keeping the conclusion, ingredient scope, and use-context language attached to the CIR source rather than treating the conclusion as a universal permission.
Why This Page Exists
CIR reviews are long documents, and the practical answer is usually buried in the conclusion and the table of current practices. This summary keeps those CIR facts in one indexable page for Ammonia and Ammonium Hydroxide, with source details retained at the bottom for audit.
Review Notes
The conservative reading is to keep Ammonia and Ammonium Hydroxide tied to the exact CIR report listed below. The ingredient family, panel conclusion, date, and any use-condition language belong together. A shorter ingredient-page snippet would lose that context.
This page gives the search-level answer while preserving the source-level caveat: CIR safety language is a panel assessment for cosmetic practices of use, not a universal legal permission across every jurisdiction or product category.
Source
- CIR report: Safety Assessment of Ammonia and Ammonium Hydroxide as Used in Cosmetics Status: Final Report Release Date: February 15, 2018
- CIR source file: FR752.pdf
- Extraction JSON: Source documentation archived.
- Conclusion page in CIR extraction: 16