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BS ISO 21149 : 2006

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COSMETICS - MICROBIOLOGY - ENUMERATION AND DETECTION OF AEROBIC MESOPHILIC BACTERIA
Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Superseded date

01-31-2010

Language(s)

English

Published date

01-01-2006

Foreword
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Principle
   4.1 General
   4.2 Plate count
   4.3 Membrane filtration
   4.4 Detection of bacteria by enrichment
5 Diluents, neutralizers and culture media
   5.1 General
   5.2 Neutralizing diluents and diluents
   5.3 Diluent for the bacterial suspension (tryptone sodium
        chloride solution)
   5.4 Culture media
6 Apparatus and glassware
7 Strains of microorganisms
8 Handling of cosmetic products and laboratory samples
9 Procedure
   9.1 General recommendation
   9.2 Preparation of the initial suspension
   9.3 Counting methods
   9.4 Enrichment
10 Counting of colonies (plate counts and membrane filtration
   methods)
11 Detection of growth (enrichment method)
12 Expression of results
   12.1 Method of calculation for plate count
   12.2 Interpretation
   12.3 Examples
   12.4 Detection after enrichment
13 Neutralization of the antimicrobial properties of the product
   13.1 General
   13.2 Preparation of inoculum
   13.3 Validation of counting methods
   13.4 Validation of the detection method by enrichment
   13.5 Interpretation of validation results
14 Test report
Annex A (informative) Other neutralizing diluents
Annex B (informative) Other diluents
Annex C (informative) Other culture media
Annex D (informative) Neutralizers of antimicrobial activity of
                      preservatives and rinsing liquids
Bibliography

Provides general guidelines for enumeration and detection of mesophilic aerobic bacteria present in cosmetics: - by counting the colonies on agar medium after aerobic incubation, or - by checking the absence of bacterial growth after enrichment.

Committee
CW/217
DevelopmentNote
Renumbered and superseded by BS EN ISO 21149. (01/2010)
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
32
PublisherName
British Standards Institution
Status
Superseded
SupersededBy

Standards Relationship
ISO 21149:2017 Identical

ISO 22718:2015 Cosmetics Microbiology Detection of Staphylococcus aureus
EN 12353:2013 Chemical disinfectants and antiseptics - Preservation of test organisms used for the determination of bactericidal (including Legionella), mycobactericidal, sporicidal, fungicidal and virucidal (including bacteriophages) activity
ISO 22717:2015 Cosmetics Microbiology Detection of Pseudomonas aeruginosa
ISO 18415:2017 Cosmetics — Microbiology — Detection of specified and non-specified microorganisms
ISO 18416:2015 Cosmetics Microbiology Detection of Candida albicans
ISO 21148:2017 Cosmetics — Microbiology — General instructions for microbiological examination
EN 1040:2005 Chemical disinfectants and antiseptics - Quantitative suspension test for the evaluation of basic bactericidal activity of chemical disinfectants and antiseptics - Test method and requirements (phase 1)
ISO 21150:2015 Cosmetics Microbiology Detection of Escherichia coli

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