Good manufacturing practice (GMP) guidelines/inspection checklist for cosmetics

Abstract

The Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act prohibits the introduction or delivery for introduction into interstate commerce of cosmetics that are adulterated or misbranded (Sec. 301).

A cosmetic may be deemed adulterated (Sec. 601) for essentially four reasons, namely:

It may be injurious to users under conditions of customary use because it contains, or its container is composed of, a potentially harmful substance. It contains filth. It contains a non-permitted, or in some instances non-certified, color additive. It is manufactured or held under insanitary conditions whereby it may have become injurious to users or contaminated with filth.