The document outlines Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) specifications for shampoo. It notes that cosmetics in India are regulated under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act of 1940 and Rules of 1945. BIS sets standards for listed cosmetics and has provided specifications for skin creams and lipstick. The specifications restrict dyes, colors, and pigments in cosmetics to certain limits of arsenic, lead, and heavy metals. It then discusses IS 7884 (2004) which provides the specification for surfactant-based shampoos, including requirements for raw materials, packaging and marking, sampling, reagent quality, and determination of non-volatile alcohol soluble matter, pH, and foam

1. BISSpecifications for
Shampoo
Ms. Gulfisha Shaikh
Assistant Professor
OCPR,OUI

2.  Cosmetics products in India are regulated under the Drugs and cosmetics Act
1940 and Rules 1945 and Labeling Declarations by Bureau of Indian
Standards (BIS).
 BIS sets the standards for cosmetics for the products listed under Schedule
‘S’ of the Drugs and cosmetics Rules 1945.
 Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has provided the specification for Skin
Creams and
Lipstick in the Indian Standards (IS) 6608:2004 and 9875:1990 respectively.
 IS 6608:2004 says that if all the raw materials requiring test for heavy metals
have been so tested and comply with the requirements, then the
manufacturer may not test the finished cosmetic for heavy metals and
arsenic.
Bureau of Indian Standards
(BIS)

3.  Rule 134 of Drugs and Cosmetics Rules has laid down restrictions on use of
cosmetics containing Dyes, Colors and Pigments other than those
specified by the Bureau of Indian Standards (IS: 4707 Part 1 as amended)
and Schedule Q.The permitted Synthetic OrganicColors and Natural
Organic Colors used in the Cosmetic shall not contain more than:
•2 ppm (parts per million) of Arsenic calculated as ArsenicTrioxide.
• 20 ppm of lead calculated as lead.
• 100 ppm of heavy metals other than lead calculated as the total of the
respective metals.
Bureau of Indian Standards
(BIS)

4. 
 IS 7884 (2004):
 Shampoo,
 Surfactant based

5. 1-3.4

8. 3.6
Specification

9. 4
Packaging and
Marking

10. 4.2.1
BISCertification
Marking

11. 5 Sampling

12. 6
Quality of Reagents

13. Annex A
(Clause 3.3.3)
List of Raw
material used
in formulation
of surfactant
based
Shampoo

14. AnnexureA
List of Raw
material used
in formulation
of surfactant
based
Shampoo

15. AnnexureA
List of Raw
material used
in formulation
of surfactant
based
Shampoo

16. Annexure B
Determination
of NonVolatile
Alcohol
Soluble Matter

17. Annexure B
Determination
of NonVolatile
Alcohol
Soluble Matter

18. Annexure B
Determination
of NonVolatile
Alcohol
Soluble Matter

19. Annexure C
Determination
of pH

20. Annexure D
Determination
of Foam Height

21. Annexure E
Ideal Properties
ofShampoo