en فارماسیوتیکس Pharmaceutics پژوهشي Original Research <p>The risk of microbial contamination in the cosmetic products especially in smuggled preparations and transmission of it to consumers is very high. In this study, the microbial content and the pollution of some sunscreen creams in the market and one sample in official market as witness were evaluated. The microbial content (bacterial total count, fungal count, and presence of <em>Pseudomon asaeroginosa</em>,<em> Staphylococcus aureus</em> and <em>Entrobacter</em>) of 5 samples of sunscreen cream in the market and two samples in official market were evaluated by two methods (pour plate and Multiple tube technique). All samples showed high microbial and fungal contamination. Entrobacters was observed in all samples. <em>Staphylococcus aureus</em> was recognized in one of the non-standard sunscreens. High level of contamination in sunscreen creams, can affect consumers, health. It seems that low grade raw materials, and insufficient manufacturing surveillance in production process are the main factors in the contamination.</p> Cosmetic, sunscreen, Microbial content, Pseudomonas aeroginosa, Staphylococcus aureus 30 34 http://pbr.mazums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-26-13&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Narges Sedghi Sharif-Abad 10031947532846001144 10031947532846001144 No Student Research Committee, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran Majid Saeedi 10031947532846001145 10031947532846001145 Yes Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran Reza Enayatifard 10031947532846001146 10031947532846001146 No Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran Katayoun Morteza-Semnani 10031947532846001147 10031947532846001147 No Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran Jafar Akbari 10031947532846001148 10031947532846001148 No Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran