ISO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 17516 Firstedition 2014-10-01 Cosmetics - Microbiology - Microbiological limits Cosmetiques - Microbiologie - Limites microbiologiques Reference number IS0 17516:2014(E) ISO @IS02014 IS0 17516:2014(E) 2 COPYRIGHTPROTECTEDDOCUMENT @IS02014 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized otherwise in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, or posting on the internet or an intranet, without prior written permission. Permission can be requested from either IsO at the address below or ISO's member body in the country of the requester. ISO copyright office Case postale 56 · CH-1211 Geneva 20 Tel.+4122749 0111 Fax+41227490947 E-mail [email protected] Web www.iso.org Publishedin Switzerland ii @ IS0 2014 - All rights reserved IS0 17516:2014(E) Contents Page Foreword .iv Introduction. .V 1 Scope. 2 Terms and definitions .1 3 Principle 4 Microbiological limits for cosmetics .2 Annex A (normative) Flowchart for interpretation of test results .3 Bibliography IS0 2014-All rights reserved ili