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AI InsightIn addition, from the point of view of public health, inspections of these products and microbial risk analyzes should be done absolutely.
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Abstract
Cosmetic products, which hold an important place in human life, are products that do not have to be sterile in terms of microbiology. However, these products can be contaminated with microorganisms due to various reasons. For this reason, the microbiological suitability of cosmetic products is very important for consumer health. In this study, the suitability of hand and facial creams used for cosmetic purposes, which are not opened at all, and belonging to different firms, to microbiological criteria have been investigated. For this purpose, a total of 30 cream creams including 24 hand creams and 6 hand and face creams were used. The number of total microorganisms in creams was determined by classical counting method, and selective media were sown. Accordingly, it has been determined that 3 of the 30 cream samples contain more than 1000 microorganisms, which is the permitted value in the cosmetic regulation. There have also been no cases of the presence of pathogenic microorganisms such as Escherichia coli , Pseudomonas aeruginosa , Staphylococcus aureus , and Candida albicans , which are not desired to be present in cosmetics at all. However, there were many microorganisms with or without various pathogens in 16 of the 24 handcreams and 5 of the 6 hands and facecreams. It has also been observed that some of the creams may contain many pathogenic and opportunistic pathogenic microorganisms. For this reason, it is suggested to manufacture in facilities suitable for good manufacturing conditions in order to prevent contamination in unused products, to protect consumer's health, to increase product quality and reliability in microbiological terms. In addition, from the point of view of public health, inspections of these products and microbial risk analyzes should be done absolutely.