Research Article

Quality control of cosmetics: case of baby wipes sold in Yaounde

Authors: Rostand Sagu Kenfack,^1,2 Rose Ngono Mballa,^1,4 Marcel Evrard Nguidjoe,³ Pernel Libam IV,¹ Logmo Mahi,⁴ Edmond Tsafack,³ Aminatou Sarbe Manon,⁶ Philippe Piccerelle⁵

Abstract

Cosmetic products have increasingly bad reputation because the risks associated to their uses unleashed passions and controversy; special attention is therefore required in the use especially those intended for children under 03 years, given the specific anatomical and physiological fragility of their skin. Among cosmetics for children, wipes are included in the search results because their use is convenient and does not require water. They are sold all over the world, specially designed to clean the baby’s seat area. Our study consisted to determine the technico-regulatory, physicochemical and microbiological quality these baby wipes sold in the city of Yaounde. 07 groups of samples representing 07 brands of baby wipes most sold in Yaounde were analyzed according to the European Cosmetic Regulation EC No. 1223/2009 and the General Standard for cosmetics in Cameroon (NC 801: 2013). In addition, an inventory of the wipes frequency of use in Yaounde has been done, to guide us on the choice of brands to analyze. We founded as results that the non-conformity rate was 100% for the label control, 71.43% for physicochemical tests (with phenoxyethanol detected in 43% of samples tested and MIT in 28.57% of samples tested) and also 28.57% nonconformity rate for microbiological testing. At the end, an evaluation of these results has permit identified some causes of non-conformities such as non-compliance with standards rules, poor storage conditions in the retail outlets and the absence of a cosmetic regulations to Cameroon. To overcome these problems, recommendations were made intended to all stakeholders, including organizing awareness campaigns on babies cosmetic product safety and the importance of reading labels of cosmetics, establish a national strategy for systematic control of cosmetics quality and a redraw from the market all wipes containing prohibited ingredients such as Methylisothiazolinone, phenoxyethanol.

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