Cosmetics and Beauty Products

Beauty from Head to Toe

The range of cosmetic products on offer to consumers today is enormous. Educated consumers pay close attention to quality stamps before making purchases. Our tests evaluate cosmetic products for chemical and microbiological safety, and verify the list of declared ingredients, maintaining your customers trust in your products and documenting your own high level of standards when it comes to product quality and safety

Benefits at a Glance

With an internationally recognized testing and audit program from TÜV Rheinland you can:

  • Gain competitive advantage in the global market and increase your assurance leavel in terms of product liability
  • Offer consumers safe, high quality products
  • Increase your customers’ and partners’ confidence in the quality and safety of your products
  • Demonstrate your high level of quality and safety standards with documented evaluation from an internationally renowned testing and auditing organization

Our Services for Cosmetics and Beauty Products Testing

  • Ingredient review and labeling evaluation
  • Safety evaluations to ensure compliance with international cosmetics regulations
  • Notification of formulations and products when initially brought to market and upon initial import into various countries worldwide
  • Audit of documentation such as material safety datasheet
  • Chemical analysis of the cosmetic material's preservatives, agents and ingredients
  • Chemical analysis of packaging material for heavy metals, PAHs, phthalates, formaldehyde, SVHCs etc.
  • Microbiological testing
  • Toxicological risk assessments (TRA)
  • Testing and auditing to worldwide cosmetics regulations

Testing and Auditing to Worldwide Cosmetics Regulations

United States

US FDA CFR Title 21 and US FDA 21 CFR 73, 74, 82, 701

Australia

Therapeutic Goods Act 1090 The National Industrial Chemicals Notification and Assessment Scheme (NICNAS); The Trade Practices Act 1974

Canada

Cosmetic Regulation of the Food and Drug Act; C.R.C., c.869; Section 17-24 of Cosmetic Regulation of the Food and Drug Act; C.R.C., c.869

China

Hygiene Standard for Cosmetics; GB 5296.3 for Cosmetics Labeling EU: 76/768/EEC and its amendment; Article 6 of Directive 76/768/EEC and its amendment

Germany

German Food and Commodity Goods Law (LFGB) and German Cosmetics Law (KosV)

Japan

Japan Standards of Cosmetics 2001; Pharmaceutical Affairs Law (PALl Ch 7

Korea

Cosmetic Law and Cosmetic Law. Ch 4.

Russia

Law of the Russian Federation on the Certification of Products and Services - GOST R System of Certification; The Antitrust Law of the Russian Federation

Taiwan

Statute for Control of Cosmetics; Article 6 of Statute of Control of Cosmetic Hygiene

Product Examples

  • Haircare products, such as shampoos, conditioners, hairsprays and styling products
  • Decorative cosmetics, such as lipsticks, make-up, nail lacquers, mascara and more...
  • Personal hygiene products, such as shower gels, bath products and body lotions
  • Facial care products, such as creams, face masks and facial scrubs
  • Deodorants
  • Perfumes
  • Sunbathing and tanning products