New Zealand cosmetic ingredient regulations
Official group-standard schedules cover prohibited, restricted and positive-list substances.
- Regulator
- Environmental Protection Authority
- Source language
- English
- Coverage version
- Cosmetic Products Group Standard schedules effective 1 January 2026
What this list is
New Zealand regulates cosmetics as hazardous substances. The rules sit in a group standard issued by the Environmental Protection Authority, not in a cosmetics act, and the schedules read differently as a result.
- 2,913 New Zealand records: 2,166 prohibited, 390 restricted, 357 on a positive list.
- The instrument is the Cosmetic Products Group Standard, made under the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act.
- The regulator is the Environmental Protection Authority, not a medicines or food agency.
- Schedules 4 to 8 mirror the EU annex structure closely, which makes the divergences easy to miss.
New Zealand reaches cosmetics through hazardous-substances law. The Cosmetic Products Group Standard, issued under the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act, sets the conditions under which cosmetic products may be imported or manufactured, and the Environmental Protection Authority administers it. There is no separate cosmetics regulator.
In substance the schedules will look familiar: schedules 4 through 8 are laid out much like the EU annexes, with prohibited substances, restricted substances and positive lists for colourants, preservatives and UV filters. That resemblance is the risk. Because the structure matches, it is easy to assume the contents do, and the group standard is amended on its own schedule by its own authority.
The 2,913 records here carry the status the group standard gives them. Where a substance appears as restricted, the limit and conditions are as written in the schedule; where a substance does not appear, no New Zealand entry was resolved for it, which is not the same as a finding that it may be used.
Checked against
Official ingredient records
2166 matching recordsGases (petroleum), C3-4, isobutane-rich, if they contain > 0.1% w/w butadiene
CAS 68477-33-8
New Zealand Cosmetic Products Group Standard Schedule 4, reference 493.
Source:Schedule 4, reference 493, source row 517 · version effective-2026-01-01 · effective Jan. 1, 2026 · source checked 2026-08-30
Gases (petroleum), C3-5 olefinic-paraffinic alkylation feed, if they contain > 0.1% w/w butadiene
CAS 68477-83-8
New Zealand Cosmetic Products Group Standard Schedule 4, reference 512.
Source:Schedule 4, reference 512, source row 536 · version effective-2026-01-01 · effective Jan. 1, 2026 · source checked 2026-08-30
Gases (petroleum), C4-rich, if they contain > 0.1% w/w butadiene
CAS 68477-85-0
New Zealand Cosmetic Products Group Standard Schedule 4, reference 514.
Source:Schedule 4, reference 514, source row 538 · version effective-2026-01-01 · effective Jan. 1, 2026 · source checked 2026-08-30
Gases (petroleum), C6-8 catalytic reformer recycle, hydrogen-rich, if they contain > 0.1% w/w butadiene
CAS 68477-82-7
New Zealand Cosmetic Products Group Standard Schedule 4, reference 511.
Source:Schedule 4, reference 511, source row 535 · version effective-2026-01-01 · effective Jan. 1, 2026 · source checked 2026-08-30
Gases (petroleum), C6-8 catalytic reformer recycle, if they contain > 0.1% w/w butadiene
CAS 68477-80-5
New Zealand Cosmetic Products Group Standard Schedule 4, reference 509.
Source:Schedule 4, reference 509, source row 533 · version effective-2026-01-01 · effective Jan. 1, 2026 · source checked 2026-08-30
Gases (petroleum), C6-8 catalytic reformer, if they contain > 0.1% w/w butadiene
CAS 68477-81-6
New Zealand Cosmetic Products Group Standard Schedule 4, reference 510.
Source:Schedule 4, reference 510, source row 534 · version effective-2026-01-01 · effective Jan. 1, 2026 · source checked 2026-08-30
Gases (petroleum), Girbatol unit feed, if they contain > 0.1% w/w butadiene
CAS 68477-95-2
New Zealand Cosmetic Products Group Standard Schedule 4, reference 522.
Source:Schedule 4, reference 522, source row 546 · version effective-2026-01-01 · effective Jan. 1, 2026 · source checked 2026-08-30
Gases (petroleum), alkylation feed, if they contain > 0.1% w/w butadiene
CAS 68606-27-9
New Zealand Cosmetic Products Group Standard Schedule 4, reference 563.
Source:Schedule 4, reference 563, source row 587 · version effective-2026-01-01 · effective Jan. 1, 2026 · source checked 2026-08-30
Gases (petroleum), amine system feed, if they contain > 0.1% w/w butadiene
CAS 68477-65-6
New Zealand Cosmetic Products Group Standard Schedule 4, reference 495.
Source:Schedule 4, reference 495, source row 519 · version effective-2026-01-01 · effective Jan. 1, 2026 · source checked 2026-08-30
Gases (petroleum), benzene unit hydrodesulferised off, if they contain > 0.1% w/w butadiene
CAS 68477-66-7
New Zealand Cosmetic Products Group Standard Schedule 4, reference 496.
Source:Schedule 4, reference 496, source row 520 · version effective-2026-01-01 · effective Jan. 1, 2026 · source checked 2026-08-30
Gases (petroleum), benzene unit hydrotreater depentaniser overheads, if they contain > 0.1% w/w butadiene
CAS 68602-82-4
New Zealand Cosmetic Products Group Standard Schedule 4, reference 558.
Source:Schedule 4, reference 558, source row 582 · version effective-2026-01-01 · effective Jan. 1, 2026 · source checked 2026-08-30
Gases (petroleum), benzene unit recycle, hydrogen-rich, if they contain > 0.1% w/w butadiene
CAS 68477-67-8
New Zealand Cosmetic Products Group Standard Schedule 4, reference 497.
Source:Schedule 4, reference 497, source row 521 · version effective-2026-01-01 · effective Jan. 1, 2026 · source checked 2026-08-30
Gases (petroleum), blend oil, hydrogen-nitrogen-rich, if they contain > 0.1% w/w butadiene
CAS 68477-68-9
New Zealand Cosmetic Products Group Standard Schedule 4, reference 498.
Source:Schedule 4, reference 498, source row 522 · version effective-2026-01-01 · effective Jan. 1, 2026 · source checked 2026-08-30
Gases (petroleum), butane splitter overheads, if they contain > 0.1% w/w butadiene
CAS 68477-69-0
New Zealand Cosmetic Products Group Standard Schedule 4, reference 499.
Source:Schedule 4, reference 499, source row 523 · version effective-2026-01-01 · effective Jan. 1, 2026 · source checked 2026-08-30
Gases (petroleum), catalytic cracked naphtha debutanizer, if they contain > 0.1% w/w butadiene
CAS 68952-76-1
New Zealand Cosmetic Products Group Standard Schedule 4, reference 589.
Source:Schedule 4, reference 589, source row 613 · version effective-2026-01-01 · effective Jan. 1, 2026 · source checked 2026-08-30
Gases (petroleum), catalytic cracked naphtha depropaniser overhead, C3-rich acid-free, if they contain > 0.1% w/w butadiene
CAS 68477-73-6
New Zealand Cosmetic Products Group Standard Schedule 4, reference 503.
Source:Schedule 4, reference 503, source row 527 · version effective-2026-01-01 · effective Jan. 1, 2026 · source checked 2026-08-30
Gases (petroleum), catalytic cracked overheads, if they contain > 0.1% w/w butadiene
CAS 68409-99-4
New Zealand Cosmetic Products Group Standard Schedule 4, reference 481.
Source:Schedule 4, reference 481, source row 505 · version effective-2026-01-01 · effective Jan. 1, 2026 · source checked 2026-08-30
Gases (petroleum), catalytic cracker, C1-5-rich, if they contain > 0.1% w/w butadiene
CAS 68477-75-8
New Zealand Cosmetic Products Group Standard Schedule 4, reference 505.
Source:Schedule 4, reference 505, source row 529 · version effective-2026-01-01 · effective Jan. 1, 2026 · source checked 2026-08-30
Gases (petroleum), catalytic cracker, if they contain > 0.1% w/w butadiene
CAS 68477-74-7
New Zealand Cosmetic Products Group Standard Schedule 4, reference 504.
Source:Schedule 4, reference 504, source row 528 · version effective-2026-01-01 · effective Jan. 1, 2026 · source checked 2026-08-30
Gases (petroleum), catalytic cracking, if they contain > 0.1% w/w butadiene
CAS 68783-64-2
New Zealand Cosmetic Products Group Standard Schedule 4, reference 568.
Source:Schedule 4, reference 568, source row 592 · version effective-2026-01-01 · effective Jan. 1, 2026 · source checked 2026-08-30
Gases (petroleum), catalytic polymd. naphtha stabiliser overhead, C2-4-rich, if they contain > 0.1% w/w butadiene
CAS 68477-76-9
New Zealand Cosmetic Products Group Standard Schedule 4, reference 506.
Source:Schedule 4, reference 506, source row 530 · version effective-2026-01-01 · effective Jan. 1, 2026 · source checked 2026-08-30
Gases (petroleum), catalytic reformed naphtha stripper overheads, if they contain > 0.1% w/w butadiene
CAS 68477-77-0
New Zealand Cosmetic Products Group Standard Schedule 4, reference 507.
Source:Schedule 4, reference 507, source row 531 · version effective-2026-01-01 · effective Jan. 1, 2026 · source checked 2026-08-30
Gases (petroleum), catalytic reformed straight-run naphtha stabiliser overheads, if they contain > 0.1% w/w butadiene
CAS 68513-14-4
New Zealand Cosmetic Products Group Standard Schedule 4, reference 546.
Source:Schedule 4, reference 546, source row 570 · version effective-2026-01-01 · effective Jan. 1, 2026 · source checked 2026-08-30
Gases (petroleum), catalytic reformer, C1-4-rich, if they contain > 0.1% w/w butadiene
CAS 68477-79-2
New Zealand Cosmetic Products Group Standard Schedule 4, reference 508.
Source:Schedule 4, reference 508, source row 532 · version effective-2026-01-01 · effective Jan. 1, 2026 · source checked 2026-08-30
Gases (petroleum), catalytic-cracked gas oil depropaniser bottoms, C4-rich acid-free, if they contain > 0.1% w/w butadiene
CAS 68477-71-4
New Zealand Cosmetic Products Group Standard Schedule 4, reference 501.
Source:Schedule 4, reference 501, source row 525 · version effective-2026-01-01 · effective Jan. 1, 2026 · source checked 2026-08-30
Gases (petroleum), catalytic-cracked naphtha debutaniser bottoms, C3-5-rich, if they contain > 0.1% w/w butadiene
CAS 68477-72-5
New Zealand Cosmetic Products Group Standard Schedule 4, reference 502.
Source:Schedule 4, reference 502, source row 526 · version effective-2026-01-01 · effective Jan. 1, 2026 · source checked 2026-08-30
Gases (petroleum), crude distn. and catalytic cracking, if they contain > 0.1% w/w butadiene
CAS 68989-88-8
New Zealand Cosmetic Products Group Standard Schedule 4, reference 598.
Source:Schedule 4, reference 598, source row 622 · version effective-2026-01-01 · effective Jan. 1, 2026 · source checked 2026-08-30
Gases (petroleum), crude oil fractionation off, if they contain > 0.1% w/w butadiene
CAS 68918-99-0
New Zealand Cosmetic Products Group Standard Schedule 4, reference 574.
Source:Schedule 4, reference 574, source row 598 · version effective-2026-01-01 · effective Jan. 1, 2026 · source checked 2026-08-30
Gases (petroleum), deethaniser overheads, if they contain > 0.1% w/w butadiene
CAS 68477-86-1
New Zealand Cosmetic Products Group Standard Schedule 4, reference 515.
Source:Schedule 4, reference 515, source row 539 · version effective-2026-01-01 · effective Jan. 1, 2026 · source checked 2026-08-30
Gases (petroleum), dehexaniser off, if they contain > 0.1% w/w butadiene
CAS 68919-00-6
New Zealand Cosmetic Products Group Standard Schedule 4, reference 575.
Source:Schedule 4, reference 575, source row 599 · version effective-2026-01-01 · effective Jan. 1, 2026 · source checked 2026-08-30
Gases (petroleum), deisobutaniser tower overheads, if they contain > 0.1% w/w butadiene
CAS 68477-87-2
New Zealand Cosmetic Products Group Standard Schedule 4, reference 516.
Source:Schedule 4, reference 516, source row 540 · version effective-2026-01-01 · effective Jan. 1, 2026 · source checked 2026-08-30
Gases (petroleum), depropaniser bottoms fractionation off, if they contain > 0.1% w/w butadiene
CAS 68606-34-8
New Zealand Cosmetic Products Group Standard Schedule 4, reference 564.
Source:Schedule 4, reference 564, source row 588 · version effective-2026-01-01 · effective Jan. 1, 2026 · source checked 2026-08-30
Gases (petroleum), depropaniser dry, propene-rich, if they contain > 0.1% w/w butadiene
CAS 68477-90-7
New Zealand Cosmetic Products Group Standard Schedule 4, reference 517.
Source:Schedule 4, reference 517, source row 541 · version effective-2026-01-01 · effective Jan. 1, 2026 · source checked 2026-08-30
Gases (petroleum), depropaniser overheads, if they contain > 0.1% w/w butadiene
CAS 68477-91-8
New Zealand Cosmetic Products Group Standard Schedule 4, reference 518.
Source:Schedule 4, reference 518, source row 542 · version effective-2026-01-01 · effective Jan. 1, 2026 · source checked 2026-08-30
Gases (petroleum), distillate unifiner desulfurisation stripper off, if they contain > 0.1% w/w butadiene
CAS 68919-01-7
New Zealand Cosmetic Products Group Standard Schedule 4, reference 576.
Source:Schedule 4, reference 576, source row 600 · version effective-2026-01-01 · effective Jan. 1, 2026 · source checked 2026-08-30
Gases (petroleum), dry sour, gas-concn.-unit-off, if they contain > 0.1% w/w butadiene
CAS 68477-92-9
New Zealand Cosmetic Products Group Standard Schedule 4, reference 519.
Source:Schedule 4, reference 519, source row 543 · version effective-2026-01-01 · effective Jan. 1, 2026 · source checked 2026-08-30
Gases (petroleum), fluidised catalytic cracker fractionation off if they contain > 0.1% w/w butadiene
CAS 68919-02-8
New Zealand Cosmetic Products Group Standard Schedule 4, reference 577.
Source:Schedule 4, reference 577, source row 601 · version effective-2026-01-01 · effective Jan. 1, 2026 · source checked 2026-08-30
Gases (petroleum), fluidised catalytic cracker scrubbing secondary absorber off, if they contain > 0.1% w/w butadiene
CAS 68919-03-9
New Zealand Cosmetic Products Group Standard Schedule 4, reference 578.
Source:Schedule 4, reference 578, source row 602 · version effective-2026-01-01 · effective Jan. 1, 2026 · source checked 2026-08-30
Gases (petroleum), fluidised catalytic cracker splitter overheads, if they contain > 0.1% w/w butadiene
CAS 68919-20-0
New Zealand Cosmetic Products Group Standard Schedule 4, reference 588.
Source:Schedule 4, reference 588, source row 612 · version effective-2026-01-01 · effective Jan. 1, 2026 · source checked 2026-08-30
Gases (petroleum), full-range straight-run naphtha dehexaniser off, if they contain > 0.1% w/w butadiene
CAS 68513-15-5
New Zealand Cosmetic Products Group Standard Schedule 4, reference 547.
Source:Schedule 4, reference 547, source row 571 · version effective-2026-01-01 · effective Jan. 1, 2026 · source checked 2026-08-30
Gases (petroleum), gas concn. reabsorber distn., if they contain > 0.1% w/w butadiene
CAS 68477-93-0
New Zealand Cosmetic Products Group Standard Schedule 4, reference 520.
Source:Schedule 4, reference 520, source row 544 · version effective-2026-01-01 · effective Jan. 1, 2026 · source checked 2026-08-30
Gases (petroleum), gas oil diethanolamine scrubber off, if they contain > 0.1% w/w butadiene
CAS 92045-15-3
New Zealand Cosmetic Products Group Standard Schedule 4, reference 601.
Source:Schedule 4, reference 601, source row 625 · version effective-2026-01-01 · effective Jan. 1, 2026 · source checked 2026-08-30
Gases (petroleum), gas oil hydrodesulfurisation effluent, if they contain > 0.1% w/w butadiene
CAS 92045-16-4
New Zealand Cosmetic Products Group Standard Schedule 4, reference 602.
Source:Schedule 4, reference 602, source row 626 · version effective-2026-01-01 · effective Jan. 1, 2026 · source checked 2026-08-30
Gases (petroleum), gas oil hydrodesulfurisation purge, if they contain > 0.1% w/w butadiene
CAS 92045-17-5
New Zealand Cosmetic Products Group Standard Schedule 4, reference 603.
Source:Schedule 4, reference 603, source row 627 · version effective-2026-01-01 · effective Jan. 1, 2026 · source checked 2026-08-30
Gases (petroleum), gas recovery plant depropaniser overheads, if they contain > 0.1% w/w butadiene
CAS 68477-94-1
New Zealand Cosmetic Products Group Standard Schedule 4, reference 521.
Source:Schedule 4, reference 521, source row 545 · version effective-2026-01-01 · effective Jan. 1, 2026 · source checked 2026-08-30
Gases (petroleum), heavy distillate hydrotreater desulfurisation stripper off, if they contain > 0.1% w/w butadiene
CAS 68919-04-0
New Zealand Cosmetic Products Group Standard Schedule 4, reference 579.
Source:Schedule 4, reference 579, source row 603 · version effective-2026-01-01 · effective Jan. 1, 2026 · source checked 2026-08-30
Gases (petroleum), hydrocracking depropaniser off, hydrocarbon-rich, if they contain > 0.1% w/w butadiene
CAS 68513-16-6
New Zealand Cosmetic Products Group Standard Schedule 4, reference 548.
Source:Schedule 4, reference 548, source row 572 · version effective-2026-01-01 · effective Jan. 1, 2026 · source checked 2026-08-30
Gases (petroleum), hydrocracking low-pressure separator, if they contain > 0.1% w/w butadiene
CAS 68783-06-2
New Zealand Cosmetic Products Group Standard Schedule 4, reference 566.
Source:Schedule 4, reference 566, source row 590 · version effective-2026-01-01 · effective Jan. 1, 2026 · source checked 2026-08-30
Gases (petroleum), hydrogen absorber off, if they contain > 0.1% w/w butadiene
CAS 68477-96-3
New Zealand Cosmetic Products Group Standard Schedule 4, reference 523.
Source:Schedule 4, reference 523, source row 547 · version effective-2026-01-01 · effective Jan. 1, 2026 · source checked 2026-08-30
Gases (petroleum), hydrogen-rich, if they contain > 0.1% w/w butadiene
CAS 68477-97-4
New Zealand Cosmetic Products Group Standard Schedule 4, reference 524.
Source:Schedule 4, reference 524, source row 548 · version effective-2026-01-01 · effective Jan. 1, 2026 · source checked 2026-08-30
Market coverage contract
Complete schedules dataset- Included scope
- Schedules 4–8: prohibited, restricted, colourant, preservative and UV-filter entries.
- If no match is found
- The searchable spreadsheet is an aid; the legal Group Standard and incorporated notices remain authoritative.
Complete verification checklist
- Search exact identity across Schedules 4–8.
- Apply use, concentration and warning conditions.
- Check hazardous-substance classification and Group Standard scope.
- Confirm the latest legal instrument, not only the spreadsheet.
Official sources and legal role
New Zealand cosmetic product schedules 4–8
Prohibited and restricted substances, permitted colorants, preservatives and UV filters
Legal meaning: Official EPA group standard schedules; current market-specific rule source
Available language: English
What this market page can answer
Source and authority
Identify the official material and the regulator responsible for it: Environmental Protection Authority.
Language and scope
See whether usable English or bilingual material exists and what the mapped source actually covers. Current source language: English.
Evidence status
Browse ingredient-level records imported from official sources. Each row states whether it passed deterministic source checks or human editorial review.
How to verify an ingredient for this market
- Search the ingredient by INCI name, CAS number or EC number and record the exact identity.
- Open each official source above and check the current version, product scope, concentration limits and required warnings.
- Confirm effective dates and whether an English text is official, reviewed or only contextual.
- Treat a missing local match as unknown, never as permission or a safety conclusion.