Microbial contamination and preservative capacity of some brands of cosmetic creams

Hugbo, Peter G.; Onyekweli, Anthony O.; Igwe, Ijoma

doi:10.4314/tjpr.v2i2.14604

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“…The presence of pathogenic microorganisms in cosmetic products can pose a health risk for consumers. The use of preservatives, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and quality control programs has improved the quality, but several studies have reported cases of contaminated cosmetic products [3][4][5][6][7][8].…”

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Microbiologically Contaminated and Over-Preserved Cosmetic Products According Rapex 2008–2014

Neza

Centini

2016

Cosmetics

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Abstract:We investigated the Rapid Alert System (RAPEX) database from January 2008 until week 26 of 2014 to give information to consumers about microbiologically contaminated cosmetics and over-preserved cosmetic products. Chemical risk was the leading cause of the recalls (87.47%). Sixty-two cosmetic products (11.76%) were recalled because they were contaminated with pathogenic or potentially pathogenic microorganisms. Pseudomonas aeruginosa was the most frequently found microorganism. Other microorganisms found were: Mesophilic aerobic microorganisms, Staphylococcus aureus, Candida albicans, Enterococcus spp., Enterobacter cloacae, Enterococcus faecium, Enterobacter gergoviae, Rhizobium radiobacter, Burkholderia cepacia, Serratia marcescens, Achromabacter xylosoxidans, Klebsiella oxytoca, Bacillus firmus, Pantoea agglomerans, Pseudomonas putida, Klebsiella pneumoniae and Citrobacter freundii. Nine cosmetic products were recalled because they contained methylisothiazolinone (0.025%-0.36%), benzalkonium chloride (1%), triclosan (0.4%) in concentrations higher than the limits allowed by European Regulation 1223/2009. Fifteen products were recalled for the presence of methyldibromo glutaronitrile, a preservative banned for use in cosmetics. Thirty-two hair treatment products were recalled because they contained high concentrations of formaldehyde (0.3%-25%).

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Microbiologically Contaminated and Over-Preserved Cosmetic Products According Rapex 2008–2014

Neza

Centini

2016

Cosmetics

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“…Body waxing enhances a risk of infection transmission both to the esthetician and clients. Quality and inappropriate label description of makeup also controls the contamination [7]. Skin pathogenicity due to repetitive use of salon tools has gained tremendous intimidation over the past several years.…”

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Incidence of Human Skin Pathogens from Cosmetic Tools used in Beauty Saloons in Different Areas of Lahore, Pakistan

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With the surprising development across the cosmetic and personal care companies the reutilization of cosmetic tools is of a common practice. Isolation and detection of human skin pathogens from 100 samples of beauty salon tools i.e., blusher brush, face sponge and wax has been done. All the samples were examined microbiologically for the contamination of Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, yeast and fungus. It was observed that the percentage of Staphylococcus aureus was higher (100% in sponge, 100% in brush, 88% in wax) in the tools than Pseudomonas aeruginosa (69.6% in sponge, 81.8% in brush and 73.5% in wax), where counts obtained for fungus was 51.5% in sponge, 30.3% in brush and 20.5% in wax. It was observed that the major cause of contamination of saloon tools is repetitive usage on all costumers without considering the hygienic conditions.

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“…The present study is in tandem with the Staphylococcus aureus was predorminant and remains the most common bacterial skin pathogen associated with skin boils, impetigo, conjunctivitis, folliculitis and food poisoning. 17 Considering the twenty products sampled, it was observed that the preservatives in 16 products did not comply with the USP recommended antimicrobial preservative activity criteria. 28 Six of these 16 products were the ones to yield the highest microbial counts and their preservative activity results could not be determined at the seventh day of examination due to colonies observed were above 1 x 10 6 .…”

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Microbiological evaluation of cosmetics products sourced in Aba city, Nigeria

Ibegbulam-Njoku

Chijioke-Osuji

2016

Int J Sci Rep

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Background: Cosmetics are external preparations normally applied to human body parts mainly for beautifying, cleansing and protecting. These products are basically non-sterile but must be completely free of high-virulence microbial pathogens. Production of stable cosmetics products require integrated quality management system which consists of quality raw material, proper product formulation, hygienic design of production facilities, good production hygiene process, packaging containers and a validated preservative system. Inadequately preserved products can provide conducive environments for microorganisms especially in the tropical region. The objective of this study is to assess the microbial quality of some selected brands of cosmetics produced in the country and sold within the commercial city of Aba, Abia state of Nigeria thus to note the health hazards consumers are exposed to.Methods:Twenty brands of commercially available Cosmetic products manufactured in Nigeria were evaluated for their microbial quality using standard procedures.Results: There was no viable bacterial growth in 40% of the samples tested and no yeast growth in 65% of the samples tested. 35% of the products indicated < 300 CFU /g of samples tested. The predominant bacterial isolates were Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococci aureus. Preservative efficacy tests carried out on the products using Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC 9027 showed only 30% of the products tested were adequately preserved.Conclusions:The poor microbiological quality of the preparations investigated can be attributed to either the formulation of these brands or environmental conditions during the manufacturing process. It is hoped that the training of the personnel that handle these processes will improve cosmetic products quality in Nigeria.

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Microbial contamination and preservative capacity of some brands of cosmetic creams

Cited by 43 publications

References 5 publications

Microbiologically Contaminated and Over-Preserved Cosmetic Products According Rapex 2008–2014

Microbiologically Contaminated and Over-Preserved Cosmetic Products According Rapex 2008–2014

Incidence of Human Skin Pathogens from Cosmetic Tools used in Beauty Saloons in Different Areas of Lahore, Pakistan

Microbiological evaluation of cosmetics products sourced in Aba city, Nigeria

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