CTFA Standards - SANS 22716:2011 – Cosmetics – Good Manufacturing Practices(GMP) – Guidelines on Good Manufacturing Practices

ISO 22716:2007(E) 18 © ISO 2007 – All rights reserved 12 Subcontracting 12.1 Principle A written contract or agreement should be established, mutually confirmed and controlled between the contract giver and the contract acceptor covering subcontracted activities. The objective of this step is to obtain a product or service that complies with the defined contract giver requirements. 12.2 Types of subcontracting This clause concerns subcontracting of: a) manufacturing; b) packaging; c) analysis; d) cleaning, sanitization of premises; e) pest control; f) equipment and premises maintenance. 12.3 Contract giver 12.3.1 The contract giver should assess the contract acceptor's ability and capacity to carry out the contracted operations. Further, the contract giver should ensure that the contract acceptor has all the means available to carry out the contract. The contract giver should assess the contract acceptor’s ability to comply with these guidelines, as appropriate, and to ensure the operations can be performed as agreed. 12.3.2 The contract giver should provide the contract acceptor with all the information required to carry out the operations correctly. 12.4 Contract acceptor 12.4.1 The contract acceptor should ensure that they have the means, experience and competent personnel to meet the contract requirements. 12.4.2 The contract acceptor should not pass to a third party any of the work entrusted to them in the contract without the contractor giver’s prior approval and consent. Arrangements should be made between the third party and the contract acceptor to ensure that all information about operations is made available to the contract giver in the same way as in the original contract. 12.4.3 The contract acceptor should facilitate any checks and audits that the contract giver has defined in the contract. 12.4.4 The contract acceptor should inform the contract giver of any changes that may affect the quality of the services or products provided prior to implementation unless otherwise specified in the contract. 12.5 Contract 12.5.1 A contract or agreement should be drawn up between the contract giver and the contract acceptor which specifies their respective duties and responsibilities. 12.5.2 All data should be kept or made available to the contract giver. SANS 22716:2011 © SABS. This non-printable standard is exclusively for members of the Cosmetic, Tolietry and Fragrance Association of South Africa (ctfa) granted access online through its password-protected and member-specific portal in accordance with publishing and copyright exploitation agreement no. 014/009/20-049. The agreement will expire after one year unless renewed. © SABS. This non-printable standard is exclusively for members of the Cosmetic, Tolietry and Fragrance association of South Africa (ctfa).