Food & Drink / Compounds / Procymidone

Procymidone in food: ingestion safety

Moderate risk

(People-specific data is limited; this page draws from human adult context.) Anti-androgen — competitive AR antagonist. Similar to vinclozolin.

What is procymidone?

CAS number
32809-16-8
Molecular formula
C13H11Cl2NO2
Molecular weight
284.14 g/mol
SMILES
CC1(CC(=O)N(C1=O)C2=CC(=C(C=C2)Cl)Cl)C
PubChem CID
38779

Risk for people

Moderate risk

Anti-androgen — competitive AR antagonist. Similar to vinclozolin.

Regulatory consensus

2 regulatory and scientific bodies have classified Procymidone. The classifications differ — that's the data.

AgencyYearClassificationNotes
EU2007Not approved — EDC concern
Japan2010Registered with MRLs

Regulators apply different standards of evidence — animal-data weighting, exposure-pattern assumptions, epidemiological power thresholds — which is why two scientific bodies can review the same data and reach different conclusions. The disagreement is the data.

Where you encounter procymidone

  • Pesticide
  • Food Contaminant

Safer alternatives

Lower-risk approaches that achieve a similar outcome to Procymidone:

  • Fludioxonil
    Trade-offs: Alternative approach; specific tradeoffs depend on application context, scale, and regulatory requirements. Full hazard assessment of alternative recommended before adoption to avoid regrettable substitution.
    Relative cost: 1.2-2×
  • Boscalid
    Trade-offs: Alternative approach; specific tradeoffs depend on application context, scale, and regulatory requirements. Full hazard assessment of alternative recommended before adoption to avoid regrettable substitution.
    Relative cost: 1.2-2×

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