21 CFR 352.10
§ 352.10 Sunscreen active ingredients.
United States · 21 CFR — Food and Drugs · Status: effective
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- 21 CFR 352.10, § 352.10 Sunscreen active ingredients, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/86685
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The active ingredient of the product consists of any of the following, within the concentration specified for each ingredient, and the finished product provides a minimum SPF value of not less than 2 as measured by the testing procedures established in subpart D of this part:
(a) Aminobenzoic acid (PABA) up to 15 percent.
(b) Avobenzone up to 3 percent.
(c) Cinoxate up to 3 percent.
(d) [Reserved]
(e) Dioxybenzone up to 3 percent.
(f) Homosalate up to 15 percent.
(g) [Reserved]
(h) Menthyl anthranilate up to 5 percent.
(i) Octocrylene up to 10 percent.
(j) Octyl methoxycinnamate up to 7.5 percent.
(k) Octyl salicylate up to 5 percent.
(l) Oxybenzone up to 6 percent.
(m) Padimate O up to 8 percent.
(n) Phenylbenzimidazole sulfonic acid up to 4 percent.
(o) Sulisobenzone up to 10 percent.
(p) Titanium dioxide up to 25 percent.
(q) Trolamine salicylate up to 12 percent.
(r) Zinc oxide up to 25 percent.
(f) Ensulizole up to 4 percent.
(g) Homosalate up to 15 percent.
(h) [Reserved]
(i) Meradimate up to 5 percent.
(j) Octinoxate up to 7.5 percent.
(k) Octisalate up to 5 percent.
(l) Octocrylene up to 10 percent.
(m) Oxybenzone up to 6 percent.
(n) Padimate O up to 8 percent.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.