Home and Personal Care Product Testing

Confirming the safety and quality of your products while maintaining an efficient and profitable manufacturing process is a challenge. We’ve purposely built our portfolio to bring you progressive products and services that deliver accurate, relevant, and reliable data to fuel confident decisions on product quality and contamination control for home and personal care product testing.

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Rapid Microbial Detection

Celsis® rapid microbial systems will save you time and money with quick quality control results in just 24 hours, allowing you to release products faster.

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Accurate Microbial Identification

Accugenix® microbial identification solutions are accurate, traceable, and reproducible because your operational decisions depend on it.

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Microbiology Quality Regulatory Guidance

Navigating the regulatory challenges your product may face can be a daunting task, but our experts can help you figure out what you need to develop and release a safe product to the market.

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Safety and Toxicology

Before a cosmetic can be released, it has to be evaluated for potential side effects. We can test individual ingredients, mixtures, and/or final products using an in vitro method that meets cosmetic product testing and compliance requirements.

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Nutraceutical Testing

Check out our comprehensive testing services which leverage cutting-edge technology for all your nutraceutical, dietary supplements, functional foods and beverages, and health and wellness products.

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What sets Charles River apart is your groundwork in establishing scientifically validated methods, easing the path to acceptance for end-users. Your expertise helps us navigate regulatory and geopolitical challenges, making you a trusted partner.”

Dr. Miguel Nogueras, Head of Microbial Quality and Sterility Assurance, Kenvue

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Your Guide to Rapid Microbial Detection
With evolving regulations and increasing production demands, choosing the right rapid method matters. Explore how Celsis® supports confident, compliant microbial detection across product types.
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eBook: Personal Care Product Testing with Rapid Microbiological Methods
This guide outlines how to implement rapid microbiological methods for home and personal care product testing by dismantling common misconceptions and unveiling a more streamlined approach.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about Home, Cosmetic, and Personal Care Product Testing

  • Is it possible to reduce micro testing results to 24 hours?

    Personal care product testing for microbial contamination is a critical step in assuring your products are free of unwanted bacteria, yeast, and mold. Today’s rapid screening systems provide accurate results on a broad range of product types in as few as 24 hours, trimming days from the average production cycle and mitigating risk in your supply chain. These alternative methods are validated and accepted by regulators on a global scale.

  • How can you improve QC lab efficiency and positively impact the overall production cycle?

    When looking at adopting technology to streamline the supply chain, consider implementing a Celsis rapid microbial detection method that significantly reduces time to results without sacrificing quality. Product release approvals can be made with confidence, contamination remediated faster and more effectively, and timelines shortened, which impacts the company both operationally and financially.

  • Is there a single platform to test a majority of your product portfolio?

    With an unmatched sample compatibility profile and application range, Celsis is your one stop solution for microbial detection with a single platform to test a majority of your product portfolio including standard products and over-the-counter drug products. Celsis can perform home, cosmetic, and personal care product testing with high or low viscosity, high or low pH, alcohol or water-based, pigmented, and preserved.

  • How can you take complete control of your ID data?

    The Accugenix® Customer Web Portal includes a robust Tracking and Trending solution for all Accugenix identifications with customizable features for data entry and reports. Accugenix customers can sort and filter specific organisms, analyze frequency of occurrence, review Gram reaction, and more with the highest level of data encryption, system redundancies, and firewall protection which ensures 21 CFR Part 11 compliance.

  • Is it possible to harmonize your ID program across all your global sites?

    Most of our global customers seek to ensure comparability of ID results across their sites and underestimate the difficulties of implementing a uniform approach. Our centralized reference library is used for identification ensuring trending and comparability of ID results across sites.

  • Is there specific guidance for cosmetic product testing?

    The SCCS provides guidance on testing that may need to be performed (SCCS/1564/15) for all substances intended to be incorporated in a cosmetic product. Charles River scientists have been involved in the shaping of many of these cosmetic product tests; e.g., advising on the skin penetration guidance (SCCS/1358/10), and supporting the validation of new assays, e.g. HCE ocular irritation.