The analytical testing of consumer products is a critical step towards ensuring the safety of end users, maintaining product quality and protecting the brand and revenue of manufacturers. To meet the needs of their customers and maintain a competitive edge, consumer product manufacturers and contract testing organizations must have the ability to increase throughput, maximize uptime and readily characterize a wide range of complex samples – all while meeting national and international standards for permissible levels of target chemical compounds.

Waters Corporation has a long history of helping manufacturers and contract testing organizations overcome scientific challenges and streamline operations. With continuous technological advancements in sample preparation & columns, chromatography, mass spectrometry, and data management software, we enable laboratories to reduce analyses times, consolidate methods, lower costs and help their clients achieve regulatory and contractual compliance.

Featured Application Notes:

• Consumer Products Application Notebook

Allergens

• Improving the Speed and Quantitative Performance for the Analysis of Allergenic and Carcinogenic Dyes in Consumer Products
• Fast Analysis of Allergens in Cosmetics & Personal Care Products

Biocides

• Transferring Multiple Methods into a Single Analytical Solution Using Biocides in Consumer Products as a Model
• ACQUITY UPLC PDA Analysis of Biocides (Part 1)
• ACQUITY UPLC-PDA Analysis of Biocides (Part 2): Pass or Fail Custom Calculations

Bisphenol Compounds

• Separation and Analysis of Bisphenol Compounds in Consumer Receipt Papers

Disperse Dyes

• Analysis of Disperse Dyes Using the ACQUITY UHPLC with PDA and Mass Detection
• Rapid Screening of 36 Synthetic Dyes using UPLC with Mass Detection

Flame Retardants

• Detection of Unexpected Contaminants During Consumer Protection Analysis in Support of Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Legislation

Nitrosamines

• A Fast Efficient Method to Determine the Presence of Nitrosamines in Cosmetics, Personal Care, and Consumer Products

Phthalates

• High Throughput  Analysis of Phthalates and Parabens in Cosmetics and Personal Care Products
• One-Minute Method for the Screening of Phthalates in Toys at Regulatory Limits Using UPLC-MS

Primary Aromatic Amines/Azo Dyes

•  Analysis of Primary Aromatic Amines in Cosmetics and Personal Care Products