BABY CARE PRODUCTS

CONTENTS 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Introduction Description Table of requirements Packing and marking Sampling Methods of test for skin powders for infants

INTRODUCTION:
Baby powders are intended to make the infant feel more comportable and to help prevent skin rashes arise from the excessive moisture. Infant powders are usually only lightly perfumed or not perfumed at all. This reduces the risk of sensitization and irritation. Stearates , colloidal clay, starch and talc are the common ingredients used in baby powders. Baby powders are must be free from boric acid.

DESCRIPTION:
finely powdered, free flowing, absorbent material such as talc completely free from grit. It may contain mild perfume.

Shall be free from colouring matter.

May be buffered to control PH. All raw materials shall conform to relevant IS.

TABLE OF REQUIREMENTS:

CHARACTERERSTIC 1.Matter insoluble in boiling water (% by mass) 2.Fineness a. Residue on 75 seive NLT-90

REQUIREMENTS

NMT-2.5

b. Residue on 150 seive

3.Moisture & volatile matter 4. PH of aq suspension 5. Lead

NMT-0.5
NMT-2 5.5-8 NMT-20 ppm.

 PACKING AND MARKING:

packing:
Suitable well closed container

The container should be designed that it cannot be opened by an infant.

Marking
Name of the material Manufacturers name or trademark Netmass of material

Batch or lot number

Best use before. (months or years) List of key ingredients

Methods of test for skin powders for infants:

Test for freedom from boric acid Determination of matter insoluble in boiling water Determination of fineness

Determination of moisture and volatile matter

Determination of pH of aq suspension

Test for lead

 Test for freedom from boric acid:

weigh about 1g of the material in china dish
add 2ml of conc H2SO4

stirr throughly with glass rod

Add 5 ml of rectified spirit Ignite and observe the flame The flame does not have a green outer edge and the material is free from boric acid.

 Determination of matter insoluble in boiling water

weigh about 1g of the material and transfer to 500 ml beaker If necessary, wet the material with little amt of rectified spirit

Add 200 ml of water and boil Allow to settle and filter the supernated liq through gooch crucible Wash the residue with water and filter

Dry the residue in crucible at 1052c

CalculationMatter insoluble in boiling water = 100M1/M where M1 = mass in g of the residue M = mass in g of the material taken for the test

 DETERMINATION OF FINENESS
Place about 10g of the material, accurately weighed, in the specified seive and wash by means of running tap water untill as much material as would pass through the seive as has possible. In case the material is not wetted with water, the washing should be start with by using filtered denatured sprit. let the water drain and then dry the seive on steam bath. Transfer the residue to a watch glass and dry it to constant mass at 105 2C.
Material retained on the specified seive (% by mass)= where M1 = mass in g of the residue M = mass in g of the material taken for the test
100M1/M

 Determination of moisture and volatile matter

Weigh accurately about 5g of material in glass dish. Dry in an air oven at a temp of 105 2C to constant mass. moisture and volatile matter(% by mass)= 100M1/M Where M1 =Loss in mass in g on drying, and M =mass in g of the material taken for the test

 DETERMINATION OF PH OF AQ SUSPENSION
Take 10 g of material in150ml beaker. Add 90ml of freshly boiled and cooled water. Stirr well to make a suspension. Determine the pH of the suspension by using pHmeter with in 5 min. In case of a material which does not wet, the pH shall be determined on the filterate.

 TEST FOR LEAD

In this test talc is decomposed by perchloric acid and the silica is removed by hydroflouric acid. Lead is isolated by using hydrogen sulphide. After dissolving the sulphides in mineral acid, lead is again treated with hydrogen sulphide. The colour produced is compared with the standards. Std lead soln:dissolve 1.6g of lead nitrate in water and make up the volume to exactly 100ml and pipette out 10ml of the soln and dilute it again with water to 1000ml.it contains o.01 mg of lead.