PETROLEUM DISTILLATES
Petroleum. A complex combination of hydrocarbons. It consists predominantly of aliphatic, alicyclic and aromatic hydrocarbons. It may also contain small amounts of nitrogen, oxygen and sulfur compounds. This category en…
PETROLEUM DISTILLATES is linked to 1 EU annex record on this page.
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| Market | Evidence status | Records | Source language |
|---|---|---|---|
| European Union | Evidence linked Prohibited entry found Open this evidence | 1 | English and EU languages |
| Great Britain | Evidence linked Prohibited Open this evidence | 1 | English |
| Canada | Source mapped Official source mapped; ingredient rule not imported | 0 | English and French |
| New Zealand | Evidence linked Prohibited Open this evidence | 1 | English |
| ASEAN | Evidence linked Prohibited Open this evidence | 1 | English and national languages |
| China | Evidence linked Prohibited Open this evidence | 1 | Chinese with selected English material |
| Japan | Source mapped Official source mapped; ingredient rule not imported | 0 | Japanese; official English translation available |
| South Korea | Evidence linked Prohibited Open this evidence | 1 | Korean with some English names |
| United States | Source mapped Official source mapped; ingredient rule not imported | 0 | English |
| Australia | Source mapped Official source mapped; ingredient rule not imported | 0 | English |
| Brazil | Evidence linked Prohibited Open this evidence | 1 | Portuguese with INCI crosswalks |
| India | Evidence linked Prohibited Open this evidence | 1 | English and Hindi |
| Saudi Arabia | Evidence linked Prohibited Open this evidence | 1 | Arabic and English |
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Inventory details for PETROLEUM DISTILLATES
INCI name
PETROLEUM DISTILLATES
Description
Petroleum. A complex combination of hydrocarbons. It consists predominantly of aliphatic, alicyclic and aromatic hydrocarbons. It may also contain small amounts of nitrogen, oxygen and sulfur compounds. This category encompasses light, medium, and heavy petroleums, as well as the oils extracted from tar sands. Hydrocarbonaceous materials requiring major chemical changes for their recovery or conversion to petroleum refinery feedstocks such as crude shale oils, upgraded shale oils and liquid coal fuels are not included in this definition / Petroleum gases, liquefied. A complex combination of hydrocarbons produced by the distillation of crude oil. It consists of hydrocarbons having carbon numbers predominantly in the range of C3 through C7 and boiling in the range of approximately -40[0]C to 80[0]C (-40[0]F to 176[0]F)
Record provenance
- Inventory reference
- 79505
- Imported identity
- PETROLEUM DISTILLATES
- Source update
- 15/10/2010
Annex records for PETROLEUM DISTILLATES
Key data
- ANTIFOAMING
- Suppressing foam during manufacturing or reducing the tendency of finished products to generate foam.
- SOLVENT
- Dissolving other components of cosmetics. Solvents are usually liquids (aqueous and nonaqueous).
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How PETROLEUM DISTILLATES appears in the CosIng inventory
The CosIng inventory lists PETROLEUM DISTILLATES as a cosmetic ingredient and this page links it to 1 annex record. The inventory entry captures names and identifiers, while the annex record shows where the substance is prohibited, restricted or positively listed in EU cosmetics law.
PETROLEUM DISTILLATES is also tagged with 2 cosmetic functions in the official data. Function labels describe intended use, but they do not replace regulatory review of linked annex records before formulation or labelling work.
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This page combines the CosIng inventory entry for PETROLEUM DISTILLATES with 1 linked Annex II–VI record from the local dataset built from public European Commission cosmetic ingredient materials.
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