New Supplier Assessment Program

The Personal Care Products Council (The Council) has partnered with SAI Global to create a voluntary, customized supplier training and assessment program designed to verify cosmetic and personal care products manufacturers and suppliers operate in accordance with Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs) that promote manufacturing quality excellence. This news was released at The Council’s annual Science Symposium on Oct. 25-27 in Newark, NJ.

The “Personal Care Manufacturing Assessment Program (PCMAP)” is based on widely accepted international standards ISO 22716 Cosmetics Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), which provides guidelines relating to the production, control, storage and shipment of cosmetic products.PCMAP is unique in that it also incorporates key elements of ISO 9001 as well as includes multiple risk level categories where suppliers may be evaluated based on the perceived risk level of the product or component provided.

Quality assurance leaders from across the industry participated in the creation of PCMAP.With the objective to reduce wasteful, redundant auditing, the industry recognizes that assessments based on ISO standards will enable both suppliers and their customers to focus on creating the innovative and effective products consumers demand.

Joanne Nikitakis, senior cosmetic chemist at The Council, is the project leader for PCMAP.She explained, “Audit fatigue is a serious issue for personal care manufacturing facilities.These audits cost time and money for both the company being audited and its customers.” PCMAP will help cut down on audit overload and reduce expenses.

More info: www.saiglobal.com/pcmap