Get your resource kit for extractables and leachables testing in cosmetics

Waters provides comprehensive support to the cosmetics industry to ensure the safety considerations of your packaging material are met.

Find out how we can help you have more effective approach and obtain more accurate, reproducible results during extractables and leachables studies.

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The examination of Extractable and Leachable substances is extremely important for the protection of your customers, brand reputation and regulatory compliance. 

Waters provides a comprehensive solution including liquid chromatography, Atmospheric Pressur GC, convergence chromatography, mass spectrometry, supercritical fluid extraction, consumables, standards and high quality scientific library, that enable accurate, rapid, and cost effective identification and quantification of extractable, leachable, and NIAS contaminants.

Fill in the form below to access your essential UPLC-MS/MS Cosmetics resource kit to learn more.

The resource kit includes:

• Application Notebook: Cosmetics and Personal Care Application Notebook. For years, Waters Corporation has provided the top cosmetic and personal care companies in the world with an innovative suite of technologies designed to improve the effectiveness of raw material, formulation, safety, and quality control testing. Our continuous advancements in sample preparation and columns, chromatography, mass spectrometry, and data management software enable analytical laboratories to reduce analysis times, improve data quality, lower costs, and meet compliance requirements in an ever changing regulatory environment.
• Application note: In this application note, we describe a rapid, simple method using high-resolution mass spectrometry and multivariate analysis to compare authentic cosmetics samples with suspected counterfeit samples.
• Technology brief: Method Equivalence Testing for Sunscreen Actives. In this technology brief, we demonstrate the performance of the ACQUITY UPLC H-Class PLUS System for the separation and detection of a mix of six chemical UV filters. The enhanced reproducibility of the system will aid in the identification of batch to batch variations in QC monitoring of sunscreen manufacture.
• Application note: High Throughput Analysis of Phthalates and Parabens in Cosmetics
• Infographic: Simplifying the screening workflow of extractables.
• On demand Webinar #1: Learn about fundamentals of preparative SFC and supercritical fluid extraction (SFE) for cosmetic research and routine testing through a 7-minute method for the analysis of fragrance allergens in perfume and personal care products by UPC²-MS, and much more.
• On demand Webinar #2: In this webinar, the principal features of supercritical CO2 based technologies (SFx) are explained and illustrated with many examples applying to the cosmetics field.