Safety testing: What is culture media?

Published: 6-Oct-2021 Featured companies: MSL Solution Providers
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Challenge tests, to ensure the preservative efficacy of beauty goods, are performed using dehydrated culture media, as Angela Davies explains

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The challenge test to trial the efficacy of a cosmetic's preservative system is performed using a variety of dehydrated culture media.

But what exactly is in culture media and what are the challenges involved with creating new culture media? Angela Davies, CEO and founder of MSL Solution Providers, explains.

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