Facilities, equipment, and raw materials

Facilities and equipment

Facility design that prevents cross-contamination, plus an equipment maintenance and calibration plan.

Raw material control

Verifying every raw material batch received, with its certificate of analysis and quarantine until release.

Packaging materials

Quality control of packaging materials, consistent with the rest of the raw materials.

What an auditor usually asks for

• Equipment maintenance and calibration plan
• Raw material receiving and quarantine procedure
• Certificates of analysis filed by batch
• Packaging material control documented

How to cover this block in Kimobox

1. 1Log equipment maintenance and calibration as scheduled records in Kimobox.
2. 2Manage raw material quarantine and release from the same system.
3. 3File certificates of analysis linked to each batch received.

Where each figure comes from

References to the official text in force. If a standard is revised, this page is updated and the review date says so.

1. ISO 22716:2007 — Cosmetics. Good Manufacturing Practices ISO · 2007 ed.
2. Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 on cosmetic products EUR-Lex · 30 November 2009