FDA Announces Nov 30 Meeting on Cosmetic Microbiological Safety
The Food and Drug Administration's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) announced that it will hold a public meeting in Washington, D.C., on November 30, 2011, on microbiological safety issues relevant to cosmetic products. The purpose of the…
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meeting is to provide stakeholders an opportunity to present information to the agency regarding a variety of cosmetic microbiological safety issues, including microbiological testing of cosmetics; types of preservative systems and how to test their effectiveness; routes of exposure to microorganisms and the corresponding infective doses; product and packaging characteristics that affect microbial growth and risk of infection; areas where FDA guidance may be useful; etc.