Home Cosmetic Science Talk Formulating US FDA recalls of cosmetic and personal products from 2011-2023

  • Abdullah

    Entrepreneur
    January 5, 2025 at 10:40 pm

    Thanks a lot for the file.

    By the way, what is manufacturing/storage issues that has caused the recall?

    • PhilGeis

      Member
      January 6, 2025 at 6:04 am

      Don’t know specifics - historically these have involved plastic particles in product, rodent droppings/mold from water ingress in warehouse.

      • Abdullah

        Entrepreneur
        January 6, 2025 at 9:35 am

        Thanks 🙏

  • Graillotion

    Member
    January 7, 2025 at 3:12 am

    Looks like Gram - stole the show! 😉

    • Abdullah

      Entrepreneur
      January 7, 2025 at 9:41 am

      Yes and i think it is the easiest to kill too. Just add some EDTA+ phenoxy or a formaldehyde releaser and it is dead. I don’t know why they haven’t done so and is there so much gran negative.

      • PhilGeis

        Member
        January 7, 2025 at 9:57 am

        there’s almost no preservative or product poor manufacturing can’t screw up.

        • Abdullah

          Entrepreneur
          January 7, 2025 at 8:45 pm

          It is interesting that most of products were contaminated with gram- , a few with gram+ , very little with candida, and nothing with mold.

          Does manufacturing contamination happen in this order like mostly gram- and and very little fungi or it is just a coincidence that they were contaminated like this?

          • PhilGeis

            Member
            January 8, 2025 at 5:45 am

            Gram negative bacteria have always been the primary contaminants of cosmetics. They are the most commonly found bacteria in water - whether pristine snow melt in the alps or process water in a drug plant. They are also the most adaptable. resistant to preservatives, antibiotics, disinfectants and can metabolize these and almost anything ss carbon and energy sources. Cepacia is the classic example - it has a bunch of copies of its DNA and picks up genetic i-from other bacteria.

            https://www.nature.com/articles/nrmicro1085

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