Preservative Efficacy Testing: Accelerating the Process

Apr 18th, 2023
John I. Yablonski and Sharon E. Mancuso, Bio-Control Consultants Inc., Westfield, New Jersey, USA

A preservative efficacy testing method, called the accelerated double challenge, can assesses the ability of a product or material to resist microbial contamination in only 14 days. Download the complete article.

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