Health and Beauty

Health and beauty care organisations and the supply chain need to ensure that they not only comply with regulatory changes, but also that they ensure consistency and traceability.

Uk and International health administration authorities encourage all cosmetic manufacturers to adhere to Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs). These guidelines are used to ensure product quality control and an effective approach to risk management. They set out standards for product manufacturing, testing, storage, handling and distribution, to ensure that each step of manufacturing is acceptable for quality and safety of the product.

One way to demonstrate compliance with GMP is to implement the international standard ISO 22716:2007. ISO 22716 introduces a management systems approach to documenting and regulating the production, control, storage, and shipment of cosmetic products. The standard’s guidelines will provide your organization with practical methods for managing the many factors that can affect product quality.

An extremely important part of GMP is documentation of every aspect of the process, activities, and operations involved with drug and medical device manufacture. If the documentation showing how the product was made and tested (which enables traceability and, in the event of future problems, recall from the market) is not correct and in order, then the product does not meet the required specification and is considered contaminated (adulterated in the US). Workbench ensures this risk is avoided through: