Food•Cosmetics
KCL contributes to enhance public health by performing consignment testing on the quality of cosmetics under the Cosmetics Act and the quality of food utensils, containers and packages under the Food Sanitation Act, and testing of other sanitation products.
Food utensils, containers, packages
- Testing for food and food additives’ conformance to standards
- Heavy metal residue test (Pb, Cd, Hg, Cr6+)
- Test of materials for food utensils, containers and packages
- Residue and leaching test on 39 synthetic resins, rubber, paper, metal and ceramic
- Analysis of 104 substances including contaminants (PCBs, arsenic, etc.), non-reactive raw materials (formaldehyde, vinyl chloride, etc.), processing aids (volatile compounds, antimony, etc.), reaction products (phenol, nitrosamines) - Analysis of plasticizers and bisphenol A in utensils, containers and packages
- Analysis of residual solvents in soft packages for food
- Microbial testing and inspection of food, and food utensils, containers and packages
Cosmetics
- Testing of cosmetics, functional cosmetics, hair perm and straightener products, wet tissue
- Analysis of hazardous substances in cosmetics
- 1,4-dioxane, formaldehyde, phthalates, antimony, cadmium, etc.
- Steroids - Analysis of limited ingredients in cosmetics
- Preservatives (methylisothiazolinone, phenoxyethanol, paraben)
- UV blockers (ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate, octocrylene, titanium dioxide, etc.)
- Microbial limit test
- Total aerobic microbial counts(bacteria, mold and yeast), Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus
Other sanitation products
- Testing of cotton swabs, napkins
- Testing of quasi-drugs (sanitary pads, non-woven fabric, etc.)
