US Panel Moves Four Gallate Preservatives Toward a Final Safety Update

The antioxidant quartet is nearly closed. CIR released a Draft Final Amended Report on alkyl gallates on 11 September 2026—covering propyl GallateFunctionalPropyl GallateFunctionalPropyl Gallate · Antioxidant (alkyl gallate)Antioxidant stabilizer; lead member of CIR’s alkyl gallates re-review.Open in the Index →, caprylyl GallateFunctionalCaprylyl GallateFunctionalCaprylyl Gallate · Antioxidant (alkyl gallate)C8 alkyl gallate antioxidant in CIR’s four-ingredient alkyl gallates amended assessment.Open in the Index →, dodecyl GallateFunctionalDodecyl GallateFunctionalDodecyl Gallate · Antioxidant (alkyl gallate)Lauryl/dodecyl gallate antioxidant in CIR’s alkyl gallates amended assessment.Open in the Index →, and ethylhexyl GallateFunctionalEthylhexyl GallateFunctionalEthylhexyl Gallate · Antioxidant (alkyl gallate)Branched alkyl gallate used in some lip/eye-area products; part of CIR alkyl gallates group.Open in the Index →—for the October Panel[1].

In March 2026 the Panel’s Tentative Amended Report called the four safe in present practices of use and concentration when formulated to be non-irritating and non-sensitizing. The draft final folds in a recent atopic-patient patch series that included caprylyl and dodecyl gallate, plus Council comments[1].

If October holds, formulators get a cleaned group conclusion rather than a propyl-gallate-only legacy paper.