Determination of 40 Preservatives in Children's Cosmetics by HPLC and Analysis of the Results
Preservatives are substances added to cosmetics for the purpose of promoting the growth of microorganisms.However,preservatives may lead to skin allergies.In order to investigate the addition of preservatives in children's cosmetics,which is expected to accumulate scientific data for the safety monitoring and limit assessment of preservatives in children's cosmetics.40 preservatives were detected for 222 batches of children's cosmetics based on the methods specified in Chapter 4.1 and Chapter 4.2 in the"Safety and Technical Standards for Cosmetics"(2015 edition).The results were statistically analyzed.The results showed that 11 preservatives were detected in 222 batches of children's cosmetics,which the most frequently detected preservatives are phenoxyethanol(56.3%)and methylparaben(55.4%).62.2%detected two or more types of preservatives in a single product,with a few products detecting 5-6 types of preservatives.The content of preservatives detected in 222 batches of children's cosmetics conforms to the requirement of"Cosmetic Safety Technical Specification"(2015 edition),but the consistency rate between the detection results and the product label labeling is only 28.8%.At present,preservatives in children's cosmetics mostly use compound systems.There are situations which the actual measurement results are not completely consistent with the labels of cosmetic preservatives.It is urgent to strengthen label and identification management to ensure the safety of children's cosmetics.
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