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  • Safe bacteria, yeast and mold levels

    Posted by ANat2012 on June 13, 2016 at 9:32 pm

    Hello!

    What is a safe/acceptable level of bacteria, yeast/mold in skin care products?  I have seen some numbers around 500 CFU/g.  Is this correct?  Thank you in advance!

    microformulation replied 7 years, 9 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  • microformulation

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    June 14, 2016 at 12:35 am

    That is extremely high! I am not sure of the background, but our testing lab uses >10cfu/ml as their threshold for a micro failure.

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