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Hygienic Test

Heavy metals Arsenic
Lead
Cadmium
Chromium
Mercury
Cyanide
Antimony
Tin
Cobalt
Germanium
X-Ray fluorescence analysis  (qualitative analysis)
Microbial test Aerobic plate count
Coliform bacilli
Coliform bacteria count
E. coli
Enterohemorrhagic E.coli O157
Staphylococcus aureus
Salmonella
Vibrio parahaemolyticus
Bacillus cereus
Clostridium perfringens
Mesophilic aerobic spores
Lactic acid bacteria
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Viable molds count
Viable yeasts count
Staphylococcal enterotoxins 
Identification of bacteria
Identification of mold 
Identification of yeast
Antibacterial test 

Cosmetics

Physical and chemical test Benzoic acid
Sorbic acid
Dehydroacetic acid
p-Hydroxybenzoic acid esters
Phenoxyethanol
Butylhydroxyanisol
Dibutylhydroxytoluene
Authorized coal-tar dyes for cosmetics (qualitative analysis)
UV absorbers
Titanium
1,3-Butylene glycol
Chlorphenesin
Salicylic acid
Propylene glycol
EDTA
Formaldehyde
Methanol
Arsenic
Lead
Cadmium
Mercury
Microbial test Aerobic plate count
Coliform bacilli
Staphylococcus aureus
Viable molds count
Viable yeasts count
Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Biological Safety Test

Biological tests   Acute toxicity test (limit test)
Mouse
Rat
Acute toxicity test (LD50)
Mouse
Rat
Skin irritation test
Eye irritation test
Skin sensitization test
Mutagenicity test
Ames test(five strains)
Chromosomal aberration test
Sterility test
Paralytic shellfish poison
Diarrhetic shellfish poison

Other tests (Standard test and Quality control test, etc.) Japanese Pharmacopoeia
Japanese Standards for Pharmaceutical Ingredients
Japanese Pharmaceutical Excipients
The Japanese Standards of Quasi-Drug Ingredients
Other specification and voluntary standard tests
Microbial limit tests   
etc.
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