cosmetics

A new pharmaceutical entity can cost several millions of rupees or dollars to develop. Astonishingly, even a few month deferrals in taking it to the market can have notable impact on the pecuniary status of the company. One of the major activities of the regulatory specialist is to ensure that the label of the product and related information of the patient has correctly been established and even a small error in any of the regulatory activities can make the product to be ready for recall in addition to the loss of several millions of money which is eventually bound to give rise to fall in self assurance of financiers, health experts and the patients. aRegulatory Affairs is a comparatively new profession which developed from the desire of government to protect public health by controlling the safety and efficacy of products in areas including pharmaceutical, veterinary medicines, medical device, pesticides, agrochemical, cosmetics and complementary medicines, biologics and functional foods. Keywords- Regulatory Affairs, cosmetics, agrochemical    

Mankind uses various products to enhance beauty and elegance to look young and charming. Cosmetics thus play a vital role in human life. Now a days, herbal cosmetic are widely used because of the belief that they have fewer side effects and better safety. Hair is one of the primary parts of the body which acts as a protective appendage. The objective of the present work is to develop a hair oil for general purpose (daily use) using various herbs. The formulated oil was evaluated for its organoleptic properties, acid value, saponification value, refractive index, pH etc. All the parameters were found to be good and within the standards.

The objective of the current study was to find out the consumer attitude and concern about cosmetic safety and their knowledge about the cosmetic label symbols. The survey was distributed to N =100 in Rasalkhaimah , UAE to a  population with varied characteristics for demography, gender, education, professions and age. From the result of the study it can be seen that people no doubt concerned about the safety of cosmetics but have a low level of understanding of cosmetic label symbols. There is significant correlation between the three variable i.e, age, gender and qualification and consumer concern about safety, their knowledge of cosmetic label symbols and attitude toward knowing the details of these symbols. Furthermore , those consumer who use cosmetics on daily basis have more tendency to believe that the cosmetics are adequately regulated and are safe to use.