Bangladesh BDS 1382:2019 - skin-cream heavy-metal limits

Scope

BDS 1382:2019 specifies requirements for skin creams. Clause 4.2 sets heavy-metal limits for skin creams, including lead, arsenic expressed as arsenic trioxide, and mercury.

Exact limit and units

How tested

Clause 4.2 states that the heavy-metal values are tested by the respective methods prescribed in the relevant Bangladesh Standards and authorized or validated test methods. Annex material in the PDF includes method text for lead and mercury determinations.

Enforcement posture

BDS 1382 is a Bangladesh product specification for skin creams. The ppm values operate as product-composition limits for skin creams covered by the standard.

History of changes

The standard page states that BDS 1382 was first published in 1992 and revised in 2019. The manifest notes this PDF as the 2019 text, with a later fourth revision noted separately.

How it compares

The lead limit of 20 ppm and mercury limit of 1 ppm follow a common cosmetics heavy-metal impurity pattern. The arsenic value is preserved as As2O3 on this page but is not loaded as elemental total arsenic in the structured register.

Sources

• BDS 1382:2019 Skin Creams - Specification

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