FAQs

No side effects. The natural products do not have side effects on humans, even though they are working appropriately in tune with nature. Since pure herbal ingredients were almost exclusively used a century ago, they are validated as safe and free of side effects when compared to synthetic cosmetics.

The limitation of heavy metals varies with regulatory bodies as well as local governments. The toxic effects of heavy metals such as lead, cadmium, mercury, and arsenic make their limitation as per ASU pharmacopeias, i.e., Lead at 10 ppm, Cadmium- 0.3 ppm, Mercury-l ppm, and Arsenic- 3 ppm. While other regulatory bodies, such as the US Pharmacopeia (USP) maximum allowable lead content (4.5 μg/ day). US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) does for chronic (>365 days) oral intake of 21 μg mercuric chloride or arsenic for a 70-kg adult.

The labeling of cosmetics and directions of use for consumers must meet the requirement for safety, and therefore manufacturers have ensured the safety of cosmetic products through laboratory testing. The manufacturer is required to provide validated data on cosmetic products’ ingredient composition to comply with the local regulatory bodies as well as share the testing results with the public domain. However, the requirement for testing cosmetic products varies with the type of product, the company’s objective towards quality policy, or regulatory bodies.

There are several aspects to the testing of cosmetic products, such as product labeling, ingredient composition, and adulteration, which are all part of the cosmetic laboratory test. Testing for customer quality and safety while before product launch in the market domain needs clinical testing or clinical trial testing, which need a series of testing of product efficacy and quality or studies of adverse effects of cosmetic products. All these tests need to be done from time to time as per compliance with natural or international regulatory bodies where your product is going to be marketed.

Cosmetic laboratory testing is mainly focused on verifying the quality, claims on labeling, and whether there is any adulteration in the product or not. In this testing category, we are looking for moisture, microbial contamination or heavy metal contamination, and ingredient composition as per given in product labeling or compliance with regulatory bodies.

Clinical testing, or clinical trial testing is based on animal trials, and it is used to validate your product to get a license as well as market it in the public domain. This is mandatory to comply with regulatory bodies. The effects that a cosmetic product might have on its users are being assessed through clinical trials, and such trials are being run on dermatology tested anti-wrinkles, dark spots, primary Irritation Patch Test (PIPT), hydration, whitening etc. At present, alternatives to animal-tested clinical trials are preferred by modern consumers, and this type of clinical trial is conducted with cell line culture, human tissues, computer simulation or modeling, volunteer studies, or medical breakthroughs using humans.

Since herbal products have been used by humans for various purposes throughout history, like culinary activity, beautification, or medication, they are naturally free from side effects, and most herbal cosmetics are derived from this. That is why consumers are not interested in verifying the clinical trials of most herbal cosmetics. Therefore, there are minimum chances of animal protection acts.

It is difficult to say exactly how long it will take to see the results of your testing. It depends on the product parameter you’re testing and what you’re looking for. You should expect a quicker turn-around time when you are looking for certain ingredient compositions that are not in high demand.

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The length of time depends on the type of food and method of testing, but we have seen results as fast as 5 days for frozen foods. Frozen foods take a long time because they need to be frozen at a specific temperature.

Here are the three main tests that we conduct during the frozen food testing process. First, we test for their nutritional composition. The food is analyzed to determine its nutrient value and content, so it can be matched with appropriate products. Second, freezing methods are tested as well. This ensures that the time frozen foods spend in the freezer won’t affect their quality, flavor, or taste. This can also stop bacteria from growing during product production. Finally, new food packaging is analyzed to make sure it doesn’t cause any potential problems for the manufacturing and distribution of the food items.

To know if the product is safe, we need to look at the taste, texture, nutrition, and safety of the food. In some cases, we will carry out a chemical analysis as well. There are many ways that foods can be unsafe if they are not tested properly. For example, some strains of microorganisms can still survive at this freezing temperature and cause an outbreak under favorable conditions, so it’s important to test frozen foods carefully.

Yes. Frozen food testing is a test performed primarily on frozen foods. The test often comes with a lot of potential for creating new and innovative flavors because it gets the reactions from the foods in real time, which means that the reaction that happens could take place within minutes when the product is first introduced to your mouth

The term “authentication” is used for analytically verifying the genuineness of foods. The authenticity of food implies that information such as food labeling, quality, manufacturing licenses of products, origin, and type is strictly followed by manufacturers as per compliance with regulatory bodies.

There are several types of techniques available, such as wet-chemical, instrument-based, and molecular marker-based methods, to test the adulteration or authenticity of food and feed. All tests performed are dependent on the type of product, the objective of the test, and compliance with regulatory bodies.

Food fraud is also known as Economically Motivated Adulteration (EMA) which implies malpractice and dishonesty in the trading of food products and the alteration of the product’s ingredients to get maximum economic advantages. There are several types of food fraud, such as Substitution (replacing or adding cheap items), Dilution (mixing cheap quality products like water in milk), Counterfeiting (fake versions of trusted brands and products), Mislabeling (wrongly labeling products), Unapproved enhancement (to increase protein content, melamine is being added to the products).

It is well established that not only consumers suffer acute as well as chronic diseases such as carcinogenic effects, acute renal failure, stomach infection, heart disease, loss of eyesight, liver damage, and tumours, but it also has a harmful effect on food industries and government agencies that lose their brand name among the market domains.

FSSAI recently launched a scheme called FOSTAC in India, which makes it mandatory for all licenced food businesses to employ at least one qualified and certified food safety supervisor. This is similarly followed by the FDA, ISO, GFSI, BRC, USDA, etc., which are also mitigating food fraud globally. The consumer thoroughly and carefully checks the product labeling.