FDA Analysis Of Non-Traditionally Preserved Cosmetics Indicates Likely Contamination Source
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
The agency’s survey of eye-area cosmetics marketed as free of traditional preservatives doesn’t raise any obvious red flags. However, it does point to a possible contamination source and suggests “the limits of preservative activity in cosmetics.”
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