英文摘要 |
In order to investigate compliance of preservatives usage and microbial limits in cosmetics, two hundred and three samples were randomly collected by local health bureaus from drug and cosmetic stores, hypermarkets, supermarkets, convenient stores, maternity stores, department stores and beauty salon materials shops during January to June, 2019 and January to June, 2020. In addition, in 2020, Taiwan Food and Drug Administration purchased 10 cosmetics that claimed to contain probiotics (213 in total). Among them, thirty eight samples were baby wipes and 175 samples were creams, lotions, facial masks and cleansers. Ninety-three of them were manufactured in Taiwan and 120 were imported. The results showed 24 samples were detected unlabeled or mislabeled preservatives, one of them was detected salicylic acid (0.37%) that exceed the regulatory limits as preservatives. In addition, 2 baby wipes were detected iodopropynyl butylcarbamate, which should not be added as preservatives in products may be used by children under 3 years old (non-compliance rate:12.2%). Furthermore, two samples were found to have an Aerobic Plate Count (APC) exceeding the tolerable limit (non-compliance rate: 1.8%). All the violation cases were sent to authorities for administrative disposition. |