CIR Review Summary May 6, 2026 3 min read

DMDM Hydantoin: CIR Safety Assessment Summary

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

DMDM Hydantoin appears in a CIR safety assessment covering DMDM Hydantoin. The panel verdict for the report is safe as a cosmetic ingredient in the present practices of use. Based on the available data included in this report, the Expert Panel concludes that DMDM Hydantoin is safe as a cosmetic ingredient in the present practices of use.

FieldCIR value
Primary ingredientDMDM Hydantoin
CIR verdictsafe as a cosmetic ingredient in the present practices of use
Report typeFinal Report
Date1988
CAS numbers6440-58-0
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 DMDM Hydantoin.

Safety Conclusion

The conclusion for DMDM Hydantoin 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.

Conditions

Based on the available data included in this report, the Expert Panel concludes that DMDM Hydantoin is safe as a cosmetic ingredient in the present practices of 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 DMDM Hydantoin, 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 DMDM Hydantoin 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 DMDM Hydantoin, with source details retained at the bottom for audit.

Review Notes

The conservative reading is to keep DMDM Hydantoin 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: Final Report on the Safety Assessment of DMDM Hydantoin
  • CIR source file: pr154.pdf
  • Extraction JSON: Source documentation archived.
  • Conclusion page in CIR extraction: 31