International standard organization (ISO) issued “ISO 22716: 2007” at Nov. 2007: Cosmetics-Good Manufacturing Practices. This standard provide for cosmetics manufacturer with: implementation guidance of production, control, storage, etc.. ISO 22716 cosmetic international standards specifies management requirement for cosmetics manufacturer; hardware requirement (workshop, work environment, and equipment), material purchasing and usage, sanitation and quality control during production, employee sanitation, product testing, handling of quality nonconformity, and complaint and recall, etc.. On April 21st, 2011, EU official report issued “EN ISO 22716: Cosmetic--Good Manufacturing Practices(GMP)-Guidelines on Good Manufacturing ” (ISO 22716: 2007), and it has come officially into effect among 27 member of European Union(including Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein) as national law.
Advantage of Implementing ISO 22716 :
Ensure products safety
Improve products management level
Reduce damage or death risk of products to customer, guarantee customer usage safe and health.
Eliminate to dangerous accident
Decrease risk of products recall
Control cost efficiently and achieve international reorganization
Improve products competitive power
Item of ISO 22716
1.Scope
2.Term and definition
3.Personnel
4.Premises
5.Equipment
6.Raw material and packaging materials
7.Production
8.Finished products
9.Quality control laboratory
10.Treatment of product that is out of specification
11.Wastes
12.Subcontracting
13.Deviations
14.Complaints and recalls
15.Change control
16.Internal audit
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