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COS-GMP
7 Jul 2026 · 3 min read
COS-GMP Section 11 Explained: Storage and Despatch
COS-GMP Section 11 covers storage, positive release, despatch, and returns, with a specific FEFO stock rotation requirement.
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Compliance Insights
7 Jul 2026 · 3 min read
HARA vs HACCP: What BRCGS Consumer Product Manufacturers Can Borrow From Food Safety
HARA and HACCP share the same DNA. Here is how the two methodologies compare, and what consumer product manufacturers can usefully borrow from thirty years of food safety practice.
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ISO 22716
7 Jul 2026 · 4 min read
ISO 22716 Section 9.5 Explained: Out-of-Specification Results
ISO 22716 Section 9.5 governs how out-of-specification laboratory results must be reviewed and investigated. Here is why this clause gets so much audit attention.
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COS-GMP
6 Jul 2026 · 3 min read
COS-GMP Section 10 Explained: Production
COS-GMP Section 10 covers bulk manufacturing and filling and packaging operations, using the term traceability code rather than batch number throughout.
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ISO 22716
6 Jul 2026 · 3 min read
ISO 22716 Section 9 Explained: Quality Control Laboratory — Methods and Sampling
ISO 22716 Section 9 sets out requirements for test methods, acceptance criteria, sampling, and retain samples in the quality control laboratory.
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Compliance Insights
6 Jul 2026 · 3 min read
What Is HARA? Hazard Analysis and Risk Assessment Explained for BRCGS Consumer Products
HARA, hazard analysis and risk assessment, is central to BRCGS Consumer Products Issue 5. Here is what the methodology involves and how to build one that works.
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ISO 22716
5 Jul 2026 · 3 min read
ISO 22716 Section 8 Explained: Finished Products
ISO 22716 Section 8 covers release, storage, shipment, and returns for finished cosmetic products. Here is what positive release actually means in practice.
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COS-GMP
5 Jul 2026 · 3 min read
COS-GMP Section 9 Explained: Purchasing and Goods Intake
COS-GMP Section 9 covers goods intake and release, with a distinct sub-section on water used as a stock item.
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ISO 22716
4 Jul 2026 · 3 min read
ISO 22716 Section 7.3 Explained: Packaging Operations
ISO 22716 Section 7.3 covers the controls required for filling, labelling, and packaging finished cosmetic products, including line identification and work-in-process handling.
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COS-GMP
4 Jul 2026 · 3 min read
COS-GMP Section 8 Explained: Equipment
COS-GMP Section 8 covers equipment design, new equipment acceptance, calibration, and cleaning — with a distinct factory acceptance testing concept not explicit in ISO 22716.
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Compliance Insights
4 Jul 2026 · 3 min read
BRCGS Foundation Level Is Going: What Foundation Certificated Sites Should Do Now
Issue 5 of BRCGS Consumer Products removes the Foundation and Higher levels. If your site is certificated at Foundation level, here is a practical plan for the next twelve months.
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ISO 22716
3 Jul 2026 · 4 min read
ISO 22716 Section 7.2 Explained: Manufacturing Operations
ISO 22716 Section 7.2 covers the controls required for bulk manufacturing — documentation, start-up checks, batch numbering, and in-process control.
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COS-GMP
3 Jul 2026 · 4 min read
COS-GMP Section 7 Explained: Premises and Site Standards
COS-GMP Section 7 covers premises requirements with more specific detail than ISO 22716 on signage, staff facilities, and documented site plans.
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