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Preservative Efficacy Test: 2020 Practitioners Survey via Happi

PCPC surveys PET protocols, practices, success criteria, assessment and related perspectives.

Personal care products comprise a vast array of forms, intended applications, and associated consumer habits and practices (CHP). From a microbiological standpoint, the properties of personal care products occupy a unique niche:

  • Mild, often aqueous in composition;
  • Intimate contact with consumer;
  • Often subject to ongoing contamination;
  • Extended shelf life; and
  • Little post purchase microbial control (e.g., refrigeration).

 

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Terry L. Amoroso, PhD and Joyce H. Lam – 10.10.21

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