Cosmetic products safety is depend on cosmetic ingredients quality and safety, for that reason GMP is essential for manufacturer in all over world. This course is prepared and presented by registered auditor and trainer.

This course is designed for manufacturer of cosmetic ingredients and cosmetic product manufacturer. Personal Care products council and European federation are prepared this standard. European federation deals with these topics on cosmetics.

If you got quality management system standard ISO 9001:2015 training, yo will understand better GMP guideline. EFfCI aligned with ISO 9001 quality standard and can be audited together by certification bodies. EFfCI Certification requires the supplier to hold a valid ISO 9001 Certificate. But getting ISO 9001:2015 training is not prerequisite for this course.

This course is only information related EFfCI guideline and for further information see EFfCI website.

GMP is a set of rules designed to minimise the risks posed to end users (consumers) from poor quality and or contaminated cosmetic ingredients.

Always that is known that gmp is the set of the rules only production area. However principles include many subjects.

GMP Principles

The following principles should be applied in relation to the risks posed to the user of the cosmetic; means the consumer. You are consumer and your family, friends are consumer.

• The product shall not intentionally or unintentionally harm the end user,

• The product specification is not a complete definition of product quality,

• Product purity,

• Contamination control,

  • Microbiology,

  • Dust and dirt,

  • Foreign objects,

  • Water quality,

  • Sampling activities, Etc.

• Cross contamination control from other substances in the manufacturing environment, including other products, raw materials and process aids (e.g. lubricants etc.),

• Personal Hygiene,

• Equipment and workplace cleanliness,

• Equipment maintenance,

• Consistency of product quality from batch to batch,

Through use of the same,

• Product plant/manufacturing process,

• Raw materials,

• Analysis of batches,

• Recipe,

• Controls over reprocessing and reworking,

• Controls over reused ingredients (e.g. solvents, recrystallisations),

• Change Management System,

• Consideration of impact of change on product quality before implementation of the change,

• Verification that changes result in a product that is unaltered and has the same performance,

• Traceability of actions to planned arrangements,

• Records of these activities (equipment use, personnel performing functions, labelling etc.),

• Traceability of raw materials to finished products

• Not optional,

• Traceability of sold products to customers,

• Not optional,

• Ability to recall a batch from the market,

• Scientific basis for making product quality decisions – Good science - a result is worth a thousand words,

• Use of risk assessments (to product quality and end user safety),

• Suitable evidence of cosmetic ingredient stability in the supply chain up until the point of use by the cosmetic manufacturer,

• Out of Specification Procedure,

• Scientific evaluation of unexpected results,

• Quality unit separate from production and commercial pressures,

• Product release,

• Calibration of critical manufacturing and analytical equipment,

EFfCI Cosmetic guideline checklist and standard could be found as resource material inside the course.