Home Cosmetic Science Talk Formulating General Science A simple introduction to soap

  • Bobzchemist

    Member
    April 14, 2016 at 3:59 pm

    As I understand the FDA regulations, the instant you add any level of any surfactant that’s not traditional soap (metallic salt of a fatty acid) your product stops being soap and becomes a cosmetic instead, and subject to FDA oversight. You can still CALL it a soap, but you must follow all of the cosmetic regulations that you wouldn’t have to follow if it was a conventional soap.

  • heraklit

    Member
    April 14, 2016 at 4:15 pm

    Actually it’s about liquid soap only.

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