Common test items and standards:
Country/region | Regulatory standard | test item |
China | Hygienic code for cosmetics | Total number of colonies, fecal coliform, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus, molds and yeasts |
European Union | EP 2.6.12&2.6.13, British Pharmacopoeia BP Appendix XVI B | Total number of aerobic bacteria, molds and yeasts, Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Salmonella, Clostridium, Staphylococcus aureus, Candida albicans, bile tolerant Gram-negative bacteria |
America | United States Pharmacopeia USP 61&62 |
