Bacteria/Mold Testing Kit For Lotions

[saj2004]

Hi Everyone! This is my first post here. It seems like a great community here, so I am pretty excited to contribute!

Anyway, I have been making lotions for a bit now. I always used a broad spectrum preservative in them to ensure that no mold or bacteria ever grew. And while I have not run into any trouble thus far with mold or anything, I want to be able to test them. I know there are labs out there that do testing (lots of other good forum posts regarding labs out there), however, I was wondering if anyone has any links to home tests that you can do? I saw Snowdrift had one, but it looks like no longer available since they are going out of business. I tried searching around the forum for other kits, but did not come up with much.

Thanks!

 

[judymoody]

I have seen this service recommended as reliable and reasonable in cost.

http://www.sagescript.com/microbiologyservices.htm

 

[Kleine Teufel]

Hmm. You could probably do your own testing if you researched the FDA requirements and bought a telescope and some petri dishes. Maybe not really feasible for an average joe, but maybe so if you're nosey about biology.

 

[dieSpinne]

Hmm. You could probably do your own testing if you researched the FDA requirements and bought a microscope and some petri dishes. Maybe not really feasible for an average joe, but maybe so if you're nosey about biology.

FTFY

 

[saj2004]

Hmm. You could probably do your own testing if you researched the FDA requirements and bought a telescope and some petri dishes. Maybe not really feasible for an average joe, but maybe so if you're nosey about biology.

Ha! I actually thought about that, but I dunno...might be better to let the labs handle it. Unless someone has some good skin care microbiology links!

 

[saj2004]

I have seen this service recommended as reliable and reasonable in cost.

http://www.sagescript.com/microbiologyservices.htm

Thanks for the link! Looks very reasonable.

 

[Kleine Teufel]

Hmm. You could probably do your own testing if you researched the FDA requirements and bought a microscope and some petri dishes. Maybe not really feasible for an average joe, but maybe so if you're nosey about biology.

FTFY

*Chuckles* Yeah, that's the one I was looking for. Was going brain dead at that point, lol.

 

[kellistarr]

You might try looking into this:

http://www.makingcosmetics.com/Equipment-c52/

 

[saj2004]

You might try looking into this:

http://www.makingcosmetics.com/Equipment-c52/

Thanks for the tip!

 

[BakingNana]

That sagescript link looks terrific. I got estimates from 3 labs last year, and the cheapest wanted $1,200 for an integrity test for bacteria, mold, and yeast over a 90-day test period. I about fainted. Highest was over 3 grand. The cheaper one was even a local lab. Talk about being discouraged.