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Saudi Arabia cosmetic ingredient regulations

SFDA publishes dated prohibited and restricted ingredient lists.

Regulator
Saudi Food and Drug Authority
Source language
Arabic and English
Coverage version
SFDA live prohibited/restricted lists, snapshot 30 August 2026

Official ingredient records

2090 matching records
ProhibitedBinding ruleOriginal is EnglishOfficial-source import checked

Perboric acid (H3BO2(O2)), monosodium salt trihydrate [1]; Perboric acid, sodium salt, tetrahydrate [2]; Perboric acid (HBO(O2)), sodium salt, tetrahydrate sodium peroxoborate hexahydrate [3]

CAS 13517-20-9; 37244-98-7; 10486-00-7

Listed by the Saudi Food and Drug Authority as prohibited in cosmetic products.

Source:SFDA prohibited list, page 140, row 4 · version live-snapshot-2026-08-30 · source checked 2026-08-30

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ProhibitedBinding ruleOriginal is EnglishOfficial-source import checked

Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid; heptadecafluorooctane-1-sulfonic acid [1]; Potassium perfluorooctanesulfonate; potassium heptadecafluorooctane-1-sulfonate [2]; Diethanolamine perfluorooctane sulfonate [3]; Ammonium perfluorooctane sulfonate; ammonium heptadecafluorooctanesulfonate [4]; Lithium perfluorooctane sulfonate; lithium heptadecafluorooctanesulfonate [5]

Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid; heptadecafluorooctane-1-sulfonic acid [1]; Potassium perfluorooctanesulfonate; potassium heptadecafluorooctane-1-sulfonate [2]; Diethanolamine perfluorooctane sulfonate [3]; Ammonium perfluorooctane sulfonate; ammonium hepta

CAS 1763-23-1; 2795-39-3; 70225-14-8; 29081-56-9; 29457-72-5

Listed by the Saudi Food and Drug Authority as prohibited in cosmetic products.

Source:SFDA prohibited list, page 149, row 8 · version live-snapshot-2026-08-30 · source checked 2026-08-30

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ProhibitedBinding ruleOriginal is EnglishOfficial-source import checked

Petroleum, coal, tar and natural gas and their derivatives generated using distillation and/or other processing methods if they contain = 0,005 % w/w benzo[a]pyrene

CAS 90640-85-0; 92061-93-3; 90640-84-9; 61789-28-4; 70321-79-8; 122384-77-4; 70321-80-1

Listed by the Saudi Food and Drug Authority as prohibited in cosmetic products.

Source:SFDA prohibited list, page 154, row 3 · version live-snapshot-2026-08-30 · source checked 2026-08-30

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ProhibitedBinding ruleOriginal is EnglishOfficial-source import checked

Petroleum, coal, tar and natural gas and their derivatives generated using distillation and/or other processing methods if they contain = 0,1 % w/w 1,3-butadiene

CAS 68607-11-4; 68783-06-2; 68814-67-5; 68814-90-4; 68911-58-0; 68911-59-1; 68919-01-7; 68919-02-8; 68919-03-9; 68919-04-0; 68919-07-3; 68919-08-4; 68919-11-9; 68919-12-0; 68952-79-4; 68952-80-7; 68955-33-9; 68989-88-8; 92045-15-3; 92045-16-4; 92045-17-5; 92045-18-6; 92045-19-7; 92045-20-0; 68131-75-9; 68307-98-2; 68307-99-3; 68308-00-9; 68308-01-0; 68308-10-1; 68308-03-2; 68308-04-3; 68308-05-4; 68308-06-5; 68308-07-6; 68308-09-8; 68308-11-2; 68308-12-3; 68409-99-4; 68475-57-0; 68475-58-1; 68475-59-2; 68475-60-5; 68476-26-6; 68476-29-9; 68476-40-4; 68476-42-6; 68476-49-3; 68476-85-7; 68476-86-8; 68477-33-8; 68477-35-0; 68477-69-0; 68477-70-3; 68477-71-4; 68477-72-5; 68308-08-7

Listed by the Saudi Food and Drug Authority as prohibited in cosmetic products.

Source:SFDA prohibited list, page 155, row 5 · version live-snapshot-2026-08-30 · source checked 2026-08-30

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ProhibitedBinding ruleOriginal is EnglishOfficial-source import checked

Petroleum, coal, tar and natural gas and their derivatives generated using distillation and/or other processing methods if they contain = 0,1 % w/w benzene

CAS 85536-20-5; 85536-19-2; 90641-12-6; 90989-38-1; 91995-20-9; 92062-36-7; 91995-61-8; 101316-63-6; 93821-38-6; 90641-02-4; 101316-62-5; 90641-03-5; 65996-79-4; 101794-90-5; 90640-87-2; 84650-03-3; 65996-82-9; 90641-01-3; 65996-87-4; 90640-99-6; 68391-11-7; 92062-33-4; 91082-52-9; 68937-63-3; 92062-28-7; 92062-27-6; 91082-53-0; 91995-31-2; 91995-35-6; 91995-66-3; 122070-79-5; 122070-80-8; 65996-78-3; 94114-52-0; 94114-53-1; 94114-54-2; 94114-56-4; 94114-57-5; 90641-11-5; 8006-61-9; 8030-30-6; 8032-32-4; 64741-41-9; 64741-42-0; 64741-46-4; 64742-89-8; 68410-05-9; 68514-15-8; 68606-11-1; 68783-12-0; 68921-08-4; 101631-20-3; 64741-64-6; 64741-65-7; 64741-66-8; 64741-70-4; 64741-84-0; 64741-92-0; 68410-71-9; 68425-35-4; 68527-27-5; 91995-53-8; 92045-49-3; 92045-55-1; 92045-58-4; 92045-64-2; 101316-67-0; 64741-54-4; 64741-55-5; 68476-46-0; 68783-09-5; 91995-50-5; 92045-50-6; 92045-59-5; 92128-94-4; 101794-97-2; 101896-28-0; 64741-63-5; 64741-68-0; 68475-79-6; 68476-47-1; 68478-15-9; 68513-03-1; 68513-63-3; 68514-79-4; 68919-37-9; 68955-35-1; 85116-58-1; 91995-18-5; 93571-75-6; 93572-29-3; 93572-35-1; 93572-36-2; 64741-74-8; 64741-83-9; 67891-79-6; 67891-80-9; 68425-29-6; 68475-70-7; 68603-00-9; 68603-01-0; 68603-03-2; 68955-29-3; 92045-65-3; 64742-48-9; 64742-49-0; 64742-73-0; 68410-96-8; 68410-97-9; 68410-98-0; 68512-78-7; 85116-60-5; 85116-61-6; 92045-51-7; 92045-52-8; 92045-57-3; 92045-61-9; 92062-15-2; 93165-55-0; 93763-33-8; 93763-34-9; 64741-47-5; 64741-48-6; 64741-69-1; 64741-78-2; 64741-87-3; 64742-15-0; 64742-22-9; 64742-23-0; 64742-66-1; 64742-83-2; 64742-95-6; 68131-49-7; 68477-34-9; 68477-50-9; 68477-53-2; 68477-55-4; 68477-61-2; 68477-89-4; 68478-12-6; 68478-16-0; 68513-02-0; 68516-20-1; 68527-21-9; 68527-22-0; 68527-23-1; 68527-26-4; 68603-08-7; 68606-10-0; 68783-66-4; 68919-39-1; 68921-09-5; 85116-59-2; 86290-81-5; 90989-42-7; 91995-38-9; 91995-41-4; 91995-68-5; 92045-53-9; 92045-60-8; 92045-62-0; 92045-63-1; 92201-97-3; 93165-19-6; 94114-03-1; 95009-23-7; 97926-43-7; 98219-46-6; 98219-47-7; 101316-56-7; 101316-66-9; 101316-76-1; 101795-01-1; 102110-14-5; 68476-50-6; 68476-55-1; 90989-39-2 · EC 232-453-7

Listed by the Saudi Food and Drug Authority as prohibited in cosmetic products.

Source:SFDA prohibited list, page 158, row 10 · version live-snapshot-2026-08-30 · source checked 2026-08-30

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ProhibitedBinding ruleOriginal is EnglishOfficial-source import checked

Petroleum, coal, tar and natural gas and their derivatives generated using distillation and/or other processing methods if they contain = 0,1 % w/w benzene or if they contain = 0,005 % w/w benzo[a]pyrene

CAS 85029-51-2; 84650-04-4; 84989-09-3; 91995-49-2; 121620-47-1; 121620-48-2; 90640-90-7; 90641-04-6; 101896-27-9; 101794-91-6; 91995-48-1; 90641-05-7; 84989-12-8; 121620-46-0; 90640-81-6; 90640-82-7; 92061-92-2; 91995-15-2; 91995-16-3; 91995-17-4; 101316-87-4; 122384-78-5; 84988-93-2; 90640-88-3; 65996-83-0; 90640-89-4; 90641-06-8; 65996-85-2; 101316-86-3; 92062-22-1; 96690-55-0; 84989-04-8; 84989-05-9; 84989-06-0; 84989-03-7; 84989-07-1; 68477-23-6; 68555-24-8; 91079-47-9; 92062-26-5; 94114-29-1; 90641-00-2; 68513-87-1; 70321-67-4; 92062-29-8; 100801-63-6; 100801-65-8; 100801-66-9; 73665-18-6; 68815-21-4; 65996-86-3; 65996-84-1

Listed by the Saudi Food and Drug Authority as prohibited in cosmetic products.

Source:SFDA prohibited list, page 155, row 4 · version live-snapshot-2026-08-30 · source checked 2026-08-30

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Saudi SFDA prohibited and restricted ingredient lists

Prohibited and restricted substances with CAS, EC and conditions

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Available language: English

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