Tuesday, March 13 - 12PM

Natural Preservatives? / Preserving Natural Cosmetics?

As marketers jump onto the "natural" or "organic" train, formulators are facing the nightmare of complying with their marketing department and the regulations of cosmetics.  As NGO's attack the safety of cosmetics, they love to target preservatives and ignore the health effects of contaminated products. Can we satisfy everyone?  Let's look at the facts and see. Subjects which you will hear about include: What is natural? Are there natural preservatives? What do the FDA and FTC have to say on this subject? Will "free of" destroy our industry? Why HACCP and Water activity are critical. Will there be new preservatives? What are "boosters"?