There has been an increasing awareness and usage in recent years for beauty & personal care products. Consumers today are exposed to a variety of products and information thereby expecting the best in terms of quality and safety.
As new innovative products & come-of-age cosmetic manufacturers vie for delivering world-class quality products, it becomes imperative to ensure that they pass the necessary regulatory and product claim benchmarks.
Quality & microbiological safety evaluation of the beauty care products has gained more prominence with time. This is where BRC’s continuous upgradation of capabilities for handling and analyzing diverse products helps authenticate its microbiological quality & associated label claim. In essence, it places your marketing USP’s a notch above your competitors.
- Testing products at different stages like raw material, prototypes, formulations
- Testing of packaging materials
- Adherence to the critical step ensures authenticity of data with respect to bioburden in your product.
- Neutralization of preservatives before initiating the tests on cosmetics and personal care products is followed stringently by BRC
- Best-in-class when it comes to sample preparations for finished products of different kinds
- Customization in preservative efficacy testing based on specific customer requirements
- A comprehensive culture bank catering to a wide range of beauty & personal care products along with specific company isolates.
Routine tests (NABL accredited)
Specialised tests
Exclusive Projects done with the Beauty & Personal Care Industry
- Site assessment of a quality control lab of an MNC for adequacy of microbiological procedure
- Microbial analysis of personal wash bars for detection of Nesterenkonia spp
- Problem-solving consultancies for wet wipe production-resolution of contamination
- Human volunteer based studies: viz. cup scrub, glove Juice, hand/finger dip methods, using standard protocols of ASTM and EN
- Compare the germ removal efficacy of soap bars using hand washing machine (customer specified method)
- Evaluation of the antibacterial efficacy for toothpaste - dental plaque study
- Determination of antibacterial activity of toilet soap-BIS Substantivity Test
- Germ count studies on human volunteers palms (customer protocol)
- Skin microflora studies on human volunteers