Lack of final product safety testing likely drove aerosol product recalls in 2021
Q&A
Last year saw a rash of personal care product recalls. CosmeticsDesign discussed the connection between the recalls and what to learn from them with Harpreet Sareen, Manager, Quality and Regulatory Consulting at Eurofins.
Can you tell me a little bit about maybe what thru line there is between the cosmetic beauty products recalls that happened in 2021? What connects them?
It's all public knowledge anyway, all regulatory bodies have to report it. What we have observed is that all of the cosmetics recalls in 2021 have been related to the presence of higher levels of benzene, which is a known carcinogen, and primarily aerosol products. If you notice, most of the recalls are on products that spray aerosols. That's the common denominator so far.
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