M,
Have you taken a hard look at People? People all have varying
standards of hygiene. Once that product is in their hands, in their
bathrooms, and you have no control on how they use, abuse, or misuse
your product. Scrubs that are sugar and oil are indeed anhydrous,
but the hands that go back and forth, back and forth, may be
introducting moisture (water) and any number of icky germs. Nail
bitters, people that do not wash their hands after going to the
bathroom, people that pick scabs on their bodies, hands that were
used to get food out from between their teeth, hands that were used
to fuss with a blackhead or pimple, hands that were used to scratch
an ichy scalp, etc.. GRAPHIC I know, but just a smattering of ways
bacteria is introduced into your anhydrous sugar scrubs. Add the
little bit of water from the hands going back and forth and well,
with out a preservative as you fall back security, you have sold a
time bomb ticking. Customers might not find a problem with the
product before they finish using it.. but they also might toss it in
the back of the bathroom under sink cupboard, forget all about it
for a while, and rediscover it later... That scrub would likely be
disgusting at that point, even anhydrous based. If you want your
business liability insurance to cover you, you will need to ensure
that you too all reasonable precaution to prevent such an
occurance.. and that will mean that you will need to use a
preservative. I know my insurance policy would not cover me unless I
DID use preservatives in the manufacture of my toiletries that I was
selling.
Kelly Bloom
Southern Soapers Fragrances ~ "We Have No Common Scents!"
http://www.southern
--- In Bath_and_Body@
wrote:
>
> Ok so I understand the need for preservatives in products that
contain
> water. But I don't understand why I didn't see any preservatives
listed
> for Salt and Sugar scrubs that I have recently come across. I have
gone
> through a few sugar/salt scrubs that had nothing added to the
product
> outside of the standard scrub ingredients.
>
> I was under the impression that if water could potentially be
> introduced to an item like a scrub, that something needed to be
added
> to prevent the growth of bacteria.. Could this be Vitamin E? and
how
> much Viamin E should it be?
>
> Also.. I noticed that one of the suppliers I use has a list of
research
> labs that can be contacted for Product Challenge Testing (testing
if
> you are selling your product which determines if the product has
an
> adequate amounts of preservatives and if they are intact). Has
anyone
> had this service done?
>
> Thanks.
>
> M
>
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