Microbiological Control of the Cosmetic Material During 2004 And 2005 in Iran

N. Rahimifard et al.^1,2,3,4,

¹Food and Drug Laboratory Research center (FDLRC), Tehran Iran.

²Food and Drug Control Laboratories (FDCLs), Ministry of Health (MOH),Tehran Iran.

³Quality Control Dept. of Research and Production Complex, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran Iran.

⁴Microbiology Department, Pharmaceutical Sciences Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran Iran.

Corresponding Author E-mail: rahimif@fdo.ir

ABSTRACT: Cosmetic and sanitary materials are of the most consumed goods of the state and due to the diversity and extension of the consumptions concerning this material group, microbiological control is very important and substantial. Quantity of 141 samples in 2004 and 169 samples until January 2006 were cultivated in a completely sterilized situation. From 141 samples tested in 2004, 2 samples were inconsumable and in 2005, from 169 tested samples 7 were discovered being inconsumable. Higher quantity of the total bacteria and the existence of coliform and pseudomonas aeruginosa in the inconsumable samples are of important issues.

KEYWORDS: Cosmetic and sanitary material; microbiologyical controls

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