CG Good Manufacturing Practice for
Cosmetics
Induction Training
COSMETIC GMP
2 What is GMP?
• Required by European Cosmetic Regulations
– Must comply to sell product in Europe
• It is part of quality management and is a way of working to
make sure that all products are:
– consistently manufactured
– to a quality appropriate for intended use
– the product you have manufactured is fit for purpose
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3 What is ‘Fitness for Purpose’?
• Is safe
• Meets / exceeds customer expectation
• Correct product
• Correct material
• Not deteriorated or broken down
• Is in the proper, correctly labelled container
• Is securely sealed
• Free from contamination
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4 GMP – What could go wrong?
• Mix up of raw materials, bulk products, packaging & finished
product
• Wrong quantity of ingredients added during making the bulk
• Contamination from people, equipment and the buildings in
which we make cosmetics
• Risk of product deterioration from improper handling and
transfer
• Risk in management of returned products
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5 What is Quality & Quality Management?
• Quality – we meet the required specification for product we
make
• Quality Control – we test a small sample of product to tell us
that product meets specification
• Quality Management – systems of working that help us to
make product that is fit for purpose
Good Manufacturing Practice is part of Quality Management
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6 Why do we need GMP?
At a company near you…
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7 ISO 22716 Guide to GMP for Cosmetics
• Personnel • Out of specification
• Premises product
• Equipment • Waste
• Subcontract operations
• Raw materials and
packaging • Deviations
• Production • Complaints & recall
• Finished product • Change control
• Internal audit
• Quality control
• Documentation
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8 1. People
Organisation
Training Program
Chart & Clear
(Including GMP)
Responsibilities
Health &
Hygiene Policy
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9 2. Premises
Easy to Clean
Protect Product
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Floors
Pipe work
Prevent Mix Ups
Dust & Dirt
Contamination
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10 3. Equipment Designed to
Prevent
Contamination
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Cleaning &
Sanitisation Calibration &
Maintenance
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11 4. Design & Development
Stability
Art Work Programme
Controls
Product &
Risk Based Process Risk
Challenge Assessment
Testing
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12 5. Starting Materials
Supplier
Water System
Evaluation
Supplier
Goods Receipt Improvement
Process
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13 6. Production (Manufacture & Pack)
Documentation
Start up & Other
Critical Process
Controls
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Bulk & WIP Process Issues &
Storage Improvement
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14 7. Finished Products Storage &
Release
Procedures
(Validated)
Returns &
Complaints
Procedure
Process Issues &
Traceability & Improvement
Recall
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15 8. Quality Control
Procedures &
Statistically Validated
Based Sampling Methods
Plans
Out of Spec &
Risk Based Improvement
Release Criteria
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16 9. Subcontract Operations
An extension of
your own
organisation
Part of YOUR
Quality System
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17 10. Improvement
Process Issues
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18 Do we comply?
Next Steps…
• Review where your are working…do we comply to ISO 22716
• Report any issues so we can fix these and improve
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19 Thank you for using our GMP Training Pack
COSMETIC GMP
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