Personal Care
Personal Care Product Testing
Comprehensive Support for the Personal Care Industry
At Q Laboratories, we partner with brand owners, contract manufacturers (CMOs), and personal care, cosmetics, and OTC product companies to ensure your innovations are safe, effective, and compliant. Our team provides end-to-end testing solutions that help you navigate today’s complex regulatory landscape while bringing high-quality products to market with confidence.
Our Core Expertise
We offer a robust portfolio of services to support your safety and quality assurance goals:
Accurate chemistry data drives both product quality and regulatory compliance. Our chemistry experts provide:
- Raw Material Qualification
- Active Ingredient and Finished Product Assays
- Impurity and Contaminant Analysis
- Method Development & Validation (Compendial & Non-Compendial)
With tailored solutions, we help ensure your formulations are consistent, stable, and effective
From raw materials to finished products, microbiological quality is critical in personal care. Q Laboratories offers comprehensive services including:
- Microbial Limits & Specified Organisms Testing
- Antimicrobial Effectiveness Testing (USP <51>)
- Microbial Identification & Characterization
- Preservative Challenge Studies
- Environmental Monitoring
- Water System Validations & Monitoring
Our state-of-the-art labs and experienced microbiologists ensure the integrity and safety of your formulations, including the critical water systems that support your manufacturing processes.
Shelf life matters in personal care. We design and execute stability studies that support product claims and regulatory filings, including:
- Accelerated and Real-Time Stability Studies
- Packaging Compatibility
- Ongoing Stability Monitoring for Commercial Products
Our data packages are designed to support global regulatory requirements and withstand audit scrutiny.
Navigating international, federal, and compendial standards can be challenging. Q Laboratories provides expert guidance and compliance support, including:
- USP, ISO, and FDA Aligned Testing
- Regulatory-Ready Reports and Documentation
- MoCRA Compliance Support – As a MoCRA-registered laboratory, we help clients understand and meet the requirements of the FDA’s Modernization of Cosmetics Regulation Act (MoCRA), including safety substantiation and testing requirements.
- Consultation on Global Regulatory Submissions
With Q Labs, you gain a partner committed to ensuring your products meet every expectation for safety, quality, and compliance.
Regulatory Frameworks We Support
Personal care companies operate in a highly regulated environment. Q Laboratories helps you stay ahead by aligning testing with the most critical global standards, including:
- FDA cGMP (21 CFR Parts 210 & 211) – U.S. pharmaceutical and OTC product compliance.
- FDA MoCRA (Modernization of Cosmetics Regulation Act) – New U.S. cosmetics legislation; we help you adapt to these regulatory changes with confidence.
- ISO 22716 (Cosmetics GMP Guidelines) – International best practices for cosmetic manufacturing.
- Health Canada Guidelines – Compliance support for cosmetic and natural health product submissions.
