Cosmetics & Pharmaceutical Testing

Microbiological tests on cosmetics, Perfumes and essential oils


  • Microbial counts on cosmetics
  • Preservative efficacy
  • Microbial counts on perfumes
  • Microbial counts on essential oils

Cosmetics and pharmaceuticals


  • Bacterial count
  • Yeast & Mould
  • Coliforms
  • Osmophilic yeasts
  • Total Plate Count
  • Streptococci (faecal)
  • Enterobacteriaceae
  • Clostridium
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa
  • Salmonella
  • Staphylococcus (coagulase producing strains)
  • Antibiotics (presence of, including assays)
  • Sfficacy of ethylene oxide sterilisation cycles
    with biological indicators (sporestrips)
  • Preservative efficacy
  • Sterility tests

Sterility tests on pharmaceuticals


  • Filtrable solutions and soluble preparations (membrane filtration)
  • Surgical dressings and devices
  • Non-filtrable preparations including ointments

Microbiological tests on Pharmaceuticals


  • Microbial count
  • Preservative efficacy
  • Microbioassay of antibiotics