Non-Food: Consulting & Quality Management
Criticism of cosmetics has come from a
variety of sources, including feminists, animal rights activists, books, and
public interest groups. A cosmetic should be effective stable and safe top
use. We provide manufacturers distributors and and suppliers of cosmetic
products with advice and support in all aspects of product quality
assurance. We advice and provide an effective support in improving and
assurance measures in order cater to the different market section of the
globe.
Our Consultancy & Quality Management services include:
- Advice and support in product development and optimisation
phases
- Advice in selecting suitable proof of effectiveness and
compatibility tests
- Declaration and labelling tests on the basis of current laws
- Support in preparing product statements according to Section 5b
of the German cosmetic ordinance
- Registering framework recipes with poison information centres
- Advice and support in legal safeguarding of products
- Execution of regular quality tests
- Preparation and execution of process and product audits by
qualified and personally accredited auditors.
- Advice and support in the introduction and improvement of quality
management systems as well as cosmetic GMP
- HACCP consulting and execution of risk analyses
- Execution of hygiene training courses and hygiene inspections to
improve plant hygiene standards
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Non-Food: Cosmetics Application tests
Ingredient listed in cosmetic is highly
regulated in many countries. Effectives, stability and safety are the most
important requirement of the cosmetic products. There quality has been the
most demanding factor amongst legislator, consumer and retail place. SGNCO
provides manufacturers, distributors and suppliers of the cosmetic products
an effective advice and support in all the aspects of quality assurance. Our
well equipped laboratory offers a comprehensive and customer specific
solution for chemical, biophysical, microbiological and biological problems.
Variety of cosmetic products including hair care, hair styling, oral &
dental hygiene, skin & personal hygiene and decorative cosmetics are
tested on various parameters by a recognized standard method.
The common parameters for testing are :
- Comparative product tests on volunteers
- Half-side tests in hair salons
- Wet and dry combability of hair
- Volume changes in hair
- Build-up effects in hair
- UV resistance of hair dyes and colour protecting products
- Washing resistance of hair dyes and colour protecting products
- Curl retention test to determine the weather resistance of hair
styling products
- Effectiveness of anti-dandruff products
- Various epicutaneous tests
- Determination of hair wetness
- Measuring transepidermal water loss
- Elbow washing tests
- Skin roughness tests
- Testing anti-inflammatory effects (according to film stripping or
SDS treatment)
- Sniff test to determine the effectiveness of deodorants
- Stability and storage tests under different climatic conditions
and evaluation of the results with the respective analytical,
sensorial and microbiological tests.
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Non-Food: Cosmetics
Ecotoxicology & Biodegradabality
Ecotoxicological tests and studies on are
used to access the quality of the raw material and the final product. The
studies also includes possible effects of materials and applications on
different environmental compartments. Often the starting possibilities of
environmental policy, the test are conducted on within the scope of various
legal requirements as well as for tendering purposes.
Our range of services include:
Ecotoxicology
Testing toxic effects on the following groups of organisms:
- Bacteria (according to DIN 38412 T8, T27, T34, ISO 8192, 9509
and OECD 209)
- Algae (according to OECD 201)
- Crustaceans (according to OECD 202 T1)
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Biodegradability
Testing degradability behavior through environmental microbes based on the
following methods:
- Ready biodegradability (OECD 301 A-F)
- Inherent biodegradability (OECD 302)
- Simulation test (OECD 303)
- Anaerobic degradation (e.g. EPA test CG 2050)
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Non-Food: Cosmetics Microbiological
Analysis
Microbiological analysis is a test
conforming to quality criterion of a cosmetic products. SGNCO provides
manufacturers effective advice and support for microbiological and
hygiene-related issues. Well equipped with sophisticated testing facilities,
we are capable of performing all the important test for cosmetic products in
our microbiological laboratory. Our in house training modules helps in
improving the hygiene of the plant and manufacturing safe products.
We provide array of service for testing microbiological purity of :
- Process water, raw materials and cosmetic products (e.g.,
according to Pharm.Eur.2000)
- Aerobic/anaerobic total bacterial count
- Exclusion of pathogenic microorganisms; Identification of
microorganisms; Testing that preservatives are adequate
- For preparations for topical use according to Pharm. Eur.
- Repetitive stress tests
- Microbiological effectiveness of preservatives
- In-use tests
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Hygiene training courses
- Production-accompanying training courses
- Hygiene seminars Hygiene monitoring
- Hygiene inspections and control of production processes
- Control of air, surfaces and personnel
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Non-Food: Cosmetics Physiochemical
Analytics
The most important requirements of a
cosmetic product is its effectiveness, quality and safety. With the
increasing consumer awareness, there has been increasing demand of high
quality of raw material and the end product. We provide manufacturers,
suppliers and retailers of cosmetics products effective advice and support
for complete quality assurance of the products. Our highly equipped
laboratories enables us to perform all the test for quality assurance. Our
experienced professionals expertises in carrying physicochemical quality
tests, analyses and determine the concentration of active ingredients. The
test is useful in determining contaminants in the cosmetic products.
Common parameters are for example.
- Vitamins:
- Production-accompanying training courses
- Anti-dandruff active ingredients:
- Piocton, olamin, zinc pyrithion
- Moisturisers:
- Deodorant active ingredients:
- Aluminium chlorohydrate, farnesol
- Active ingredients in general:
- Allantoin, bisabolol, fluoride, zinc oxide, titanium dioxide,
UV filters
- Perfume oils:
- GC profile, nitro musk, poly musk
- Fats & oils:
- Total fatty acid, fatty acid spectrum,stearine, cholesterol,
fat characteristics
- Preservatives:
- pHB ester, organic acids, formalde-hyde,
dibromodicyanobutane,isothiazolinone, phenoxyethanol
- Solvents:
- Ethanol, isopropanol, acetone, glycol
- Surfactants:
- Anionic, amphoteric, non-ionic and cationic surfactants
- Contaminants:
- Heavy metals, pesticides, nitrosamines,residual solvent
- Synthesis residue & limiting constituents:
- 1.4 dioxan, free ethylene oxide, formaldehyde, PAH, monomer
concentration, benzole, monochloroacetic acid, dichloroacetic
acid, microbiological tests.
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Non-Food: Detergents Physicochemical
Analysis
Used for both industrial and domestic
applications, all the detergents and cleaning agents needs to be tested and
evaluated on various factors including performance, compatibility, stability
and safety. There has been an increasing demand of quality raw material and
auxiliary agents in the market amongst the consumers and the retailers.
SGNCO provides a manufactures, distributors and suppliers with the most
effective advice and support for overall quality assurance of various
detergent products. Our laboratory offers a comprehensive solution for
application-engineering, physio-chemial, microbiological and biological
problems based on internationally accepted standard method.
The different parameters of the Physicochemical Analysis includes:
- Surfactants
- Anionic, amphoteric, non-ionic and cationic surfactants,
soaps
- Bleaches
- Percarbonate, perborate, bleaching activators TAED,
hypochlorite
- Builder
- Silicates, phosphates, zeolites
- Complexing agents
- Perfume oils
- GC profile, nitro musk, poly musk
- Fats & oils
- Total fatty acid, fatty acid spectrum, stearine, cholesterol,
fat characteristics
- Preservatives
- pHB ester, organic acids, formaldehyde, dibromodicyanobutane,
isothiazolinone, phenoxyethanol
- Solvents
- Ethanol, isopropanol, acetone, glycols
- Contaminants
- Heavy metals, pesticides, nitrosamines, residual solvent
Synthesis residue & limiting
- Constituents
- 4 dioxan, free ethylene oxide, formaldehyde, PAH, monomer
concentration, benzene, monochloroacetic acid and dichloro
acetic acid
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