Good Manufacturing Practices compliance in food supplement production – beneficial to consumers
GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices) not only help the regulator to better manage the production of food supplement but also help consumers to use this product prestige, safety, efficiency.
The Good Manufacturing Practices – Health supplement Code (GMP-HS) was first issued by the Vietnam Association of functional Foods (VAFF) on October 7, 2009, The second on December 11, 2013 based on the GMP-HS Code of ASEAN.
This GMP Code contains 10 chapters:
- Quality Management
- Human resources
- Buildings – Facilities and equipment;
- Cleaning
- Documentation and records
- Production and in-process controls
- Quality control
- Production and testing
- Complaints and recall
- Self-inspections
In particular, the regulation in-process controls from input materials to output products before they be sold on the market. All these regulations should be compliance, food supplement should be accept with quality standards and recognized by the regulatory authorities.
Principles of GMP-HS are a system that regulates about: Buildings – Facilities, the conditions of production, human, documents, materials, production process … to enhance quality food supplement products and in accordance with registered quality standards to ensure safety and efficiency for users.
With the desire to provide consumers the best food supplement products, contribute to improve healthy community, IMC pays special attention to produce food supplement compliance GMP.
Good Manufacturing Practices compliance in food supplement production – beneficial to manufacturer
Applying the principle of GMP in food supplement production not only gives beneficial to the consumers but also gives beneficial to the manufacturer. Understanding that, since 2009 IMC’s food supplement factory has applied those principles. In 2011 IMC was the first company in Vietnam, had food supplement factory which be certified GMP –HS by the Vietnam Association of functional Foods.
IMC always understands that: GMP is systems regulation help manufacturers to ensure the quality products. By regulations of GMP, each production step must have archives records, making traceability information easy. This is evidence proving quality and safety of food supplement products. In the world, and in Vietnam today, the boxes labeled as GMP are valuable products that are trusted by consumers, giving value to the manufacturer.
The main goal of GMP is to ensure quality products and they must be effective and safe for users and can export countries in the region. The goal of GMP show the necessary and appropriate steps and processes that the manufacturer needs to compliance to ensure quality output products. Therefore, with IMC’s GMP food supplement factory, IMC is confident to export food supplement products anywhere that is accepted this principle of GMP.
Of course, the food supplement manufacturing process depends on: input materials, production process, environment, equipment and human. IMC produce food supplement compliance GMP so all IMC products are manufactured under monitoring and control step of the process.
Allow the principle of GMP-HS, all production processes must be authentication for example, with the material mixing process, you will have to test batches with different mixing times, then sampling test allow standard semi- product, based on test results to fine the optimal mixing time. Since then department of preparation always spend this time in material mixing process, That’s the way to produce standard batches to ensure quality products.
In contrast, if department of preparation dose not compliance the time in material mixing process, The resulting material is not mixed evenly and semi- products, finished products incorrect standard published. Products is not effective,. Consumer dose not use. Products not sold … The consequences will belong to the manufacturer.
The process is true, the products will be the best quality and the manufacturer will benefit more prestige and profitability.
Good Manufacturing Practices compliance in food supplement production – beneficial to regulatory authorities
Food supplement production in our country is booming hard to control. In 2000, there were only 13 facilities which produce food supplement, with 63 products; In 2013, the number of production facilities has increased to 3512, with 6851 products. Without the principle in food supplement management, regulatory authorities will be difficult to manage and control the market.
The market of food supplement development in the past has worried consumers. Therefore, applying GMP in producing food supplement is the best optimal way to control.
The principle of GMP in food supplement production will help the regulatory authorities manage and tightly controlled food supplement production and trading. GMP principles will provide principle, regulation, guideline on the standard condition for production; Apply GMP to food supplement production help ensure quality and safety products.
The principle of GMP in food supplement production help regulatory authorities to tighten production and business of food supplement so contributing to refresh the market, creating competitive environment among companies.