Chemicals for controlling microorganisms in cane-sugar and beet-sugar mills

CAS 10222-01-2

This listing covers the biocides used to stop bacteria consuming sugar in the mill. Left unchecked, microbial growth turns sugar into acid and gum before it can be crystallised, so the loss is economic as well as hygienic.

Where it is and isn’t permitted

Status of Chemicals for controlling microorganisms in cane-sugar and beet-sugar mills by jurisdiction. Every jurisdiction this site covers is listed, including those where the substance does not appear.
JurisdictionStatusScope and limitsCitation
United StatesFood and Drug AdministrationPermitted, with conditions21 CFR 173.320retrieved 2026-09-07
Codex AlimentariusCodex Alimentarius Commission / JECFANot listedDoes not appear on this jurisdiction’s permitted list. That is not the same as being prohibited.

What it is made from

A group of synthetic antimicrobials applied to process streams, not to the finished sugar.

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CAS registry number
10222-01-2
InChIKey
UUIVKBHZENILKB-UHFFFAOYSA-N
PubChem
CID 25059

Every name it appears under

29 recorded names. A label may use any of them.

CAS registry number

  • 10222-01-2

As it appears in regulation

  • Chemicals for controlling microorganisms in cane-sugar and beet-sugar mills

Other names

  • 2,2-Dibromo-2-carbamoylacetonitrile
  • 2,2-dibromo-2-cyano-acetamide
  • 2,2-DIBROMO-2-CYANOACETAMIDE
  • 2,2-Dibromo-2-cyanoacetamide, 96%
  • 2,2-Dibromo-2-cyanoacetamide, 9CI
  • 2,2-Dibromo-3-nitrilopropanamide
  • 2,2-Dibromo-3-nitrilopropionamide
  • 2-Cyano-2,2-dibromo-Acetamide
  • 2-Cyano-2,2-dibromoacetamide
  • 3-02-00-01641 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
  • 7N51QGL6MJ
  • Acetamide, 2,2-dibromo-2-cyano-
  • Acetamide, 2-cyano-2,2-dibromo-
  • Acetamide,2-dibromo-2-cyano-
  • BRN 1761192
  • Caswell No. 287AA
  • Dbnpa
  • DIBROMO-3-NITRILOPROPIONAMIDE, 2,2-
  • Dibromocyano acetic acid amide
  • Dibromocyanoacetamide
  • Dibromonitrilopropionamide
  • DOW ANTIMICROBIAL 7287
  • Dowicil QK 20
  • EPA Pesticide Chemical Code 101801
  • HSDB 6982
  • XD-7287l Antimicrobial

Systematic names

  • dbnpa; 2,2-dibromo-2-cyanoacetamide; 2,2-dibromo-2-carbamoylacetonitrile; 2,2-dibromo-3-nitrilopropionamide; dbnpa

Hazard reference values

No reference value for this substance in the sources we hold.

Evidence and how bodies read it

Studies, and the differing conclusions regulators drew from them, are curated by hand rather than machine-read, and none has been written for this substance yet.

Sources for this page

  • ecfr retrieved 2026-09-07

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