US FDA recalls of cosmetic and personal products from 2011-2023

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US FDA recalls of cosmetic and personal products from 2011-2023

Posted by PhilGeis on January 5, 2025 at 10:32 am
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Abdullah

Member
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
    
    Member
    January 6, 2025 at 9:35 am
    
    Thanks 🙏
Graillotion

Member
January 7, 2025 at 3:12 am

Looks like Gram - stole the show! 😉
- Abdullah
  
  Member
  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
      
      Member
      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
        
        nature.com
        The multifarious, multireplicon Burkholderia cepacia complex - Nature Reviews Microbiology
        The Burkholderia cepacia complex (Bcc) is a collection of genetically distinct but phenotypically similar bacteria that are divided into at least nine species. Bcc bacteria are found throughout the environment, where they can have both beneficial and detrimental effects on … Continue reading