On June 11, 2026, Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA) approved Resolution RDC No. 1,029/2026 and Resolution RDC No. 1,030/2026 at its 10th Ordinary Public Board Meeting, updating respectively the restricted and prohibited ingredient lists for personal hygiene products, cosmetics, and perfumes.
The two resolutions were published in the Official Gazette of the Union (DOU, publication date June 15, 2026) and incorporate Mercosur GMC Resolutions No. 06/25 and No. 07/25. RDC 1030/2026 makes multiple types of changes to the prohibited list — additions, amendments and removals (see tables below); RDC 1029/2026 revokes the previous restricted list (RDC 530/2021) and replaces it with the new GMC 06/25 list. Adaptation periods range from 12 to 24 months.
CIRS Group has compiled the core contents and specific revisions of the two resolutions for your reference.
Background
Brazil manages cosmetic ingredients through prohibited and restricted lists — key compliance references for product registration and notification. The prohibited list was established by RDC 529/2021 and the restricted list by RDC 530/2021. As a Mercosur member state, Brazil should incorporate Mercosur technical regulations (GMC Resolutions) into its national framework. These two resolutions implement the latest Mercosur requirements (GMC 06/25 and GMC 07/25), and their revision direction is increasingly aligned with the CMR-based (carcinogenic, mutagenic, reproductive-toxicant) prohibited/restricted controls of the EU and other jurisdictions.
RDC 1030/2026 — Specific Changes to the Prohibited List
RDC 1030/2026 amends the annex of RDC 529/2021 and incorporates Mercosur GMC Resolution No. 07/25, making three types of changes to the prohibited list — additions, amendments and removals — as follows:
(1) Newly added prohibited substances
| No. |
INCI/English Name |
CAS No. |
| 1405 | Diboron trioxide; boric oxide | 1303-86-2 |
| 1406 | Boric Acid | 0043-35-3 / 11113-50-1 |
| 1407 | Borates, tetraborates, octaborates and boric acid salts and esters, including: [1] Disodium octaborate anhydrous [2] Disodium octaborate tetrahydrate [3] 2-Aminoethanol, monoester with boric acid [4] 2-Hydroxypropyl ammonium dihydrogen orthoborate [5] Potassium borate, boric acid potassium salt [6] Trioctyldodecyl borate [7] Zinc borate [8] Sodium borate, disodium tetraborate anhydrous; boric acid, sodium salt [9] Tetraboron disodium heptaoxide, hydrate [10] Orthoboric acid, sodium salt [11] Disodium tetraborate decahydrate; borax decahydrate [12] Disodium tetraborate pentahydrate; borax pentahydrate |
[1] 12008-41-2 [2] 12280-03-4 [3] 10377-81-8 [4] 68003-13-4 [5] 12712-38-8 [6] - [7] 1332-07-6 [8] 1330-43-4 [9] 12267-73-1 [10] 13840-56-7 [11] 1303-96-4 [12] 12179-04-3 |
| 1408 | [1] Perboric acid (H3BO2(O2)), monosodium salt trihydrate [2] Perboric acid, sodium salt, tetrahydrate [3] Perboric acid (HBO(O2)), sodium salt, tetrahydrate; sodium peroxoborate hexahydrate |
[1] 13517-20-9 [2] 37244-98-7 [3] 10486-00-7 |
| 1409 | Polyurethane-18 | / |
| 1410 | Polyurethane-19 | / |
| 1411 | Dibutyltin hydrogen borate | 75113-37-0 |
| 1412 | Nickel bis(tetrafluoroborate) | 14708-14-6 |
| 1413 | Diaminotoluene, technical (reaction mass of 4-/2-methyl-m-phenylenediamine) | / |
| 1414 | Ketoconazole | 65277-42-1 |
| 1415 | Dichloromethane (Methylene chloride) | 75-09-2 |
| 1416 | Butylphenyl Methylpropanal (BMHCA, Lilial) | 80-54-6 |
| 1417 | Hydroxyisohexyl 3-Cyclohexene Carboxaldehyde (HICC, Lyral) | 31906-04-4 / 51414-25-6 |
(2) Amended prohibited entries
| No. | INCI/English Name | CAS No. |
| 178 | 4-Benzyloxyphenol; 4-Ethoxyphenol | 103-16-2 / 622-62-8 |
| 221 | Mercury and its compounds | 7439-97-6 |
| 1418 | Diphenyl(2,4,6-trimethylbenzoyl)phosphine oxide (TPO) | 75980-60-8 |
| 1419 | N,N-dimethyl-p-toluidine | 99-97-8 |
Removed from the prohibited list (Art. 4) — transferred to the restricted list (RDC 1029/2026)
| No. | INCI/English Name | CAS No. |
| 382 | Benzoyl peroxide | 94-36-0 |
| 451 | Methyl eugenol (with concentration limits) | 93-15-2 |
| 1339 | 1,4-Dihydroxybenzene (Hydroquinone) | 123-31-9 |
| 1373 | Azelaic acid | 123-99-9 |
Adaptation periods: From the date of publication of this Resolution, the adaptation period for already regularized/registered products is 12 months — except for products containing Butylphenyl Methylpropanal (CAS No. 80-54-6) and Hydroxyisohexyl 3-Cyclohexene Carboxaldehyde (CAS No. 31906-04-4 / 51414-25-6), for which an 18-month adaptation period applies to products already regularized with ANVISA, counted from the date of publication.
RDC 1029/2026 — Restricted List Replaced
RDC 1029/2026 incorporates Mercosur GMC Resolution No. 06/25 (Technical Regulation on the List of Restricted-Use Substances) and establishes the new restricted list, revoking the previous restricted-list resolution RDC 530/2021. Notably, the substances removed from the prohibited list above (benzoyl peroxide, methyl eugenol, hydroquinone, azelaic acid) will now be managed under the restricted framework. The adaptation period is 24 months from the date of publication. The specific restricted substances, conditions of use and concentration limits are subject to the official annex of the resolution.
CIRS Reminder
The updates to the prohibited and restricted lists will directly affect the formulation design and product compliance of cosmetics companies in Brazil. CIRS Group offers the following reminders:
- Screen against the newly added prohibitions: prioritize checking formulations for newly prohibited substances such as BMHCA (Lilial), HICC (Lyral), TPO, ketoconazole, dichloromethane, boron/borate compounds, and polyurethane-18/19;
- Note the re-classified substances: benzoyl peroxide, methyl eugenol, hydroquinone and azelaic acid are no longer prohibited but are now managed under restricted conditions — verify the new restrictions applicable to your products;
- Manage adaptation deadlines: 18 months for products containing BMHCA/HICC, 12 months for other prohibited changes, and ~24 months for the restricted list — all counted from June 15, 2026;
- Track Mercosur alignment: Brazil's updates are linked to parallel revisions in fellow member states such as Argentina (Disposition 2599/26) and Uruguay (Decree 305/025);
- Refer to the official text: substance names, CAS numbers and restriction conditions are subject to the official text and annexes of the ANVISA resolutions.
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