pH (Draft for Comments)

On November 12, 2021, China National Institutes for Food and Drug Control (NIFDC) opened a public consultation on a draft testing standard for cosmetic—pH. Stakeholders with any comments can send them to the NIFDC via email at [email protected] before November 28, 2021.

The draft testing method pH stipulates the acidimeter method for pH determination in cosmetics. It is applicable to determine the pH of water-in-oil cosmetics.

Main contents of the draft are as follows:

1. Scope

2. Summary of the method

3. Test reagents and materials

4. Instruments and equipment

5. Analytical procedures

6. Precision