Bacterial and fungal contamination in three brands of cosmetic marketed in Iraq

الملخص EN

Cosmetic products must be safe for use by consumers, It is also regulated and required the legislation of countries all over the world.

In this study out of 80 cosmetic products analyzed and 32.5 % were found to be contaminated.

Products such as mascara, lip pencil and eye pencil were analyzed.

The contaminants including bacteria such as Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylocoocus epidermidis , Pseudomonas aeruginosa , Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumonia which were ranging in number from (103-104 ) C.

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U.

/ ml and fungi such as Penicillium spp., Aspergillus fumigatus and Candida albicans which were ranging in number from (102-104) C.

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U / ml .

The water and other nutrients present in cosmetic make them susceptible to microbial growth.

Microorganisms detected in recent study considered as pathogenic to human.