Appendix A Code of Good Practice for the toiletry and cosmetic industry I. APPLICATION The Code of Good Practice shall apply to the manufacture, packaging and storage of all cosmetic and toilet preparations (see Section 9--Defini- tions) intended for human use. 2. STAND^RDS Preparations must comply with the standards established by Statutory Regulation and also the quality standards established by this code. Preparations manufactured for export must comply with any additional standards and procedures which may be required by the importing country. 3. PERSONNEL 3.1 Each manufacturing establishment must employ at least one person possessing adequate technical and practical attainments, with the authority and responsibility to ensure and maintain the identity, purity and quality of the products manufactured. 3.2 All manufacturing, packaging personnel and those coming in contact with product or packaging must be clean and free from skin disorders or infections liable to contaminate the product or packaging. 3.3 Decisions concerning compliance or non-compliance of materials and finished goods with the standards defined in 2. above must rest with a key person responsible for quality control, who has adequate authority to discharge this duty and who is directly responsible to a chief executive. 4. PREMISES AND FACILITIES 4.1 Premises should be so laid out as to ensure:-- 4.1.1. the clear identification of raw materials, bulk products, packaging materials and finished goods both in storage and during processing and packaging 4.1.2. that cross-contamination of products cannot occur in manufacture and packaging 739