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Benzyl Alcohol: CIR Safety Assessment Summary

CIR safety assessment summary for Benzyl Alcohol: ingredients reviewed, panel verdict, use concentration context, conditions, and source citation.

Benzyl Alcohol appears in a CIR safety assessment covering Benzyl Alcohol. The panel verdict for the report is safe. The CIR Panel concluded that the following cosmetic ingredients are safe in the present practices of use and concentration described in this safety assessment:  benzyl alcohol  benzoic acid  sodium benzoate  calcium benzoate  magnesium benzoate  potassium benzoate  benzyl benzoate Magnesium benzoate is not in current use.

FieldCIR value
Primary ingredientBenzyl Alcohol
CIR verdictsafe
Report typeSafety Assessment
Date1 In 2001
CAS numbers100-51-6, 65-85-0, 532-32-1, 2090-05-3, 553-70-8, 582-25-2, 120-51-4
Use concentration contextpresent practices of use and concentration described in the safety assessment
Conditions or carve-outs

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 Benzyl Alcohol.

Safety Conclusion

The conclusion for Benzyl Alcohol 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

The CIR Panel concluded that the following cosmetic ingredients are safe in the present practices of use and concentration described in this safety assessment:  benzyl alcohol  benzoic acid  sodium benzoate  calcium benzoate  magnesium benzoate  potassium benzoate  benzyl benzoate Magnesium benzoate is not in current use.

Formulation Reading

For formula review, begin with the exact INCI identity and the ingredient group covered by the CIR assessment. If the material is Benzyl Alcohol, 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 Benzyl Alcohol 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 Benzyl Alcohol, with source details retained at the bottom for audit.


Source

  • CIR report: Safety Assessment of Benzyl Alcohol, Benzoic Acid and its Salts, and Benzyl Benzoate Wilbur Johnson, Jr1, Wilma F. Bergfeld2, Donald V. Belsito2, Ronald A. Hill2, Curtis D. Klaassen2, Daniel C. Liebler2,
  • CIR source file: PRS574.pdf
  • Extraction JSON: CIR Safety Assessment Database
  • Conclusion page in CIR extraction: 22