Retinyl palmitate

Safety Summary

Regulatory Status

Sources

These citations are the ones recorded for the human adult context.

• US FDA: Sunscreen Drug Products for Over-the-Counter Human Use — Proposed Rule, GRASE Determinations, and Retinyl Palmitate Safety Data Call-In (2019) REGULATORY · 2019
• NTP Technical Report: Photocarcinogenesis Study of Retinoic Acid and Retinyl Palmitate in SKH-1 Mice — Study No. 568 (NTP TR 568) REGULATORY · 2012
• identity database ECHA CHEM, Download all substances: REACH registrations (ECHA's own list of REACH-registered substances) REGULATORY · 2026
• Permissible Exposure Limits – OSHA Annotated Table Z-1 REGULATORY
• OEHHA Proposition 65 chemical page: Retinol/retinyl esters, when in daily dosages in excess of 10,000 IU or 3,000 retinol equivalents (operator save, MHTML) REGULATORY
• OEHHA Proposition 65 List of Carcinogens or Reproductive Toxicants (CSV, list date 31-Jul-26) REGULATORY
• EPA CompTox CTX API: predicted properties for DTXSID1021241 (Retinyl palmitate) REFERENCE

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