Citric Acid

EPA's Safer Chemical Ingredients List; a listing means the substance is recognised as a safer choice within its functional class.

{
  "notes": "",
  "cas_number": "77-92-9",
  "scil_status": "Green Circle",
  "chemical_name": "Citric acid",
  "functional_use": "Chelating agent/pH adjuster"
}

FDA indirect food additives (21 CFR); a listing means the substance is permitted in food-contact materials under defined conditions.

{
  "source": "FDA Indirect Additives (21 CFR 175-178)",
  "cas_number": "77-92-9",
  "chemical_name": "CITRIC ACID"
}

FDA-approved drug substances; a listing means the substance is an approved active pharmaceutical ingredient.

{
  "source": "openFDA NDC (active ingredients)",
  "cas_number": "",
  "chemical_name": "ANHYDROUS CITRIC ACID",
  "product_count": 112,
  "active_ingredient": "ANHYDROUS CITRIC ACID"
}

FDA GRAS substances; a listing means the substance is Generally Recognized As Safe for its intended use in food.

{
  "notes": "21 CFR 184.1033; acidulant",
  "cas_number": "77-92-9",
  "chemical_name": "Citric acid"
}

The U.S. TSCA Inventory; a listing means the substance is an existing chemical permitted in U.S. commerce.

{
  "name": "1,2,3-Propanetricarboxylic acid, 2-hydroxy-",
  "flags": "",
  "status": "active",
  "cas_number": "77-92-9",
  "risk_level": "low"
}

The EU's classification, labelling and packaging rules; a listing assigns the substance harmonised hazard classes such as carcinogenic, toxic, or corrosive.

{
  "source": "ECHA CLP Annex VI (harmonised C&L)",
  "index_no": "607-750-00-3",
  "ec_number": "201-069-1",
  "cas_number": "77-92-9",
  "hazard_class": "STOT SE 3\nEye Irrit. 2",
  "chemical_name": "citric acid",
  "hazard_statements": "H335\nH319"
}

{
  "source": "ECHA Biocidal active substances (BPR, Reg. (EU) 528/2012)",
  "ec_number": "201-069-1",
  "bas_number": "1271",
  "cas_number": "77-92-9",
  "chemical_name": "Citric acid",
  "product_types": "PT01, PT02",
  "approval_status": "Approved",
  "assessment_status": ""
}

{
  "source": "EU REACH Registered Substances (ECHA CHEM)",
  "ec_number": "201-069-1",
  "cas_number": "77-92-9",
  "chemical_name": "Citric acid"
}

Great Britain's mandatory classification & labelling; a listing assigns the substance legally binding GB hazard classifications.

{
  "source": "GB MCL (HSE)",
  "ec_number": "201-069-1",
  "cas_number": "77-92-9",
  "hazard_class": "STOT SE 3; Eye Irrit. 2",
  "chemical_name": "citric acid",
  "hazard_statements": "H335; H319"
}

Canada's inventory of substances already in commerce; a listing means it can be manufactured or imported without new-substance notification.

{
  "source": "Canada Domestic Substances List (DSL)",
  "cas_number": "77-92-9",
  "identifier": "77-92-9",
  "publication": "Canada Gazette Part II, Vol. 128, No. 9, May 4, 1994, SOR/94-311 (http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.redirect?app=cangaz&id=14339&lang=eng)",
  "identifier_2": "",
  "chemical_name": "1,2,3-Propanetricarboxylic acid, 2-hydroxy-",
  "additional_information": "This substance is on the Domestic Substances List (DSL). \n \nThis substance was added to the DSL as an “Existing Substance” given that it meets the criteria set out in the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 for substances that were in commerce in Canada between 1984 and 1986."
}

Australia's official workplace hazard classification; a listing assigns the substance harmonised GHS health and physical-hazard categories.

{
  "source": "Safe Work Australia HCIS (via PubChem GHS Classification)",
  "cas_number": "77-92-9",
  "pictograms": [],
  "pubchem_cid": "311",
  "signal_word": "Warning",
  "chemical_name": "FLC",
  "hazard_statements": [
    "H315: Causes skin irritation [Warning Skin corrosion/irritation]",
    "H319: Causes serious eye irritation [Warning Serious eye damage/eye irritation]",
    "H335: May cause respiratory irritation [Warning Specific target organ toxicity, single exposure; Respiratory tract irritation]"
  ]
}