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Clinical Study Results Prove Versagel® and Versastique™ Provide A More Effective Delivery System for Natural Anti-Aging Benefits in Personal Care and Cosmetics Penreco sponsored an Independent, 4-week, randomized, double blinded study conducted by a clinical research lab Indianapolis, IN - December 16, 2019- Impressive results from a recent clinical trial show the superiority of [...]

Calumet Refining, LLC, Receives Highest Level of Food Safety Assurance Highest Level of Food Safety Calumet Specialty Products Partners receives highest level of food safety assurance at two facilities Karns City, PA & Dickinson, TX— Calumet Specialty Products partner has achieved FSSC 22000 (Food Safety System Certification) at their Karns City, PA and Dickinson, [...]

ISO 9001> is a standard that sets out the requirements for a quality management system. It helps businesses improve customer satisfaction.

Calumet Completes Upgrade to Karns City Plant Plant expansion improves hydrocarbon gel production and achieves cGMP quality. Karns City, PA—Calumet Karns City Refining held a Grand Opening event today to share the upgrades that have been made to the facility through a multi-million-dollar investment. These upgrades made Karns City a cGMP quality plant and [...]

The Importance of Vegan Certification Key mineral oils from Specialty Products Partners L.P./Calumet Penreco LLC have been reviewed and approved as AVA Certified Vegan by the American Vegetarian Association (AVA). According to the company, as part of their commitment to producing only the highest quality mineral oil, Calumet Penreco LLC is pleased to take this [...]

What Are The Top 5 Myths About White Mineral Oil? An unassuming chemical comprised of a mere two atoms, carbon and hydrogen, mineral oil finds itself the center of a maelstrom of myths, which target the compound with an eye on discrediting the chemical in the popular consciousness. Like the vast majority of myths [...]

Truly Natural In the past decades, extensive research has been conducted to measure the safety and effectiveness of mineral oil and petrolatum. Most of us take for granted that the products we apply to our skin every day are safe and effective. For the vast majority of cosmetics and topical drugs, that is the [...]

The Importance of FDA registration The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is an agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It consists of the Office of the Commissioner and four directorates overseeing the core functions of the agency: Medical Products and Tobacco, Foods and Veterinary Medicine, Global Regulatory Operations and Policy, [...]

Petrolatum and Regulatory Requirements Petrolatum has been around since 1872.1 More common names for this material are petroleum jelly or Vaseline® (a registered trademark of Unilever).  It has evolved from a relatively impure waxy substance to the highly refined product that we know today. Petrolatum is used in hundreds of different applications that range from [...]