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The Federal Food, Drug & Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act) defines cosmetics as "articles intended to be rubbed, poured, sprinkled, or sprayed on, introduced into, or otherwise applied to the human body for cleansing, beautifying, promoting attractiveness, or altering the appearance." Examples such as skin moisturizers, perfumes, lipsticks, fingernail polishes, eye and facial makeup preparations, shampoos, permanent shaves, hair colors, toothpastes, and deodorants, as well as any materials intended for use as a component of a cosmetic product are all included in this definition. Since cosmetic is usually in direct contact with human body, people pay more attention to its safety. Now cosmetic and beauty productsare subject to legislative requirements globally in order to ensure the consumers' health. These legislations include EU cosmetics Regulation 1223/2009, US Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Safe Cosmetics Act of 2011(HR 2359), etc.
Certain products (e.g., antiperspirants) are classified as cosmetics in some countries (EU), while in others countries they are regulated as over-the-counter (OTC) drugs (USA) or special-use cosmetics (China), or therapeutic goods (Australia), or treated as Quasi-drugs (Japan) or non-prescription drugs (Canada).
Alfa Chemistry is well-equipped to offer you special expertise for beauty products testing including analysis for either finish product or raw material. We can provide assured data to help you understand and mitigate sources of risk. Our testing scope includes but not limited to:
OTC & Cosmeceuticals: Sanitizers, natural cleaning products, etc.
A lot of substances are either restricted by or subject to limitations of use in the beauty products. Alfa Chemistry can provide cosmetic testing include:
Physical and chemical indicators testing (Total actives, Lead, Arsenic, Mercury and other heavy metal, BPA, formaldehyde, aflatoxin, phosphate, pH value, moisture content etc.)
No matter what your concern is, our scientists are always ready to help. If you have any problems regarding beauty product testing, please contact with us without hesitation.