PREVALENCE OF MICRO ORGANISMS IN COMMONLY USED COSMETICS SAMPLES IN DHAKA METROPOLIS

Abstract

Present study attempted to identify and enumerate micro organisms spoiling commonly used cosmetics samples. Among 20 brands of total 6 categories of samples studied (soap, shampoo, lotion, face wash, cream and petroleum), almost all were found to be rigorously contaminated with total viable bacteria within a range of 10 3 – 10