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

740 JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY OF COSMETIC CHEMISTS 4.1.3. that appropriate procedures can be carried out when specialised operations, e.g. handling sterile or highly inflammable materials, etc., form part of the manufacturing or packaging process. 4.2 Handwashing facilities must be provided within easy access of all manufacturing and packaging areas. 4.$ All staff working in processing and packaging areas must wear suitable garments laundered at least once weekly. 4.$. 1. Food must not be brought into or consumed in areas where manu- facturing or packaging processes are carried out. 4.$.2. Smoking must not be allowed in areas in which manufacturing or packaging processes are carried out. 4.4. Facilities for quality control must be provided through a laboratory functionally independent of manufacturing and provided with sufficent equipment to carry out all necessary assays and tests which are required for compliance with this Code of Good Practice. 5. •UB-CONTRACTING 5.1. If a manufacturer sub-contracts any work covered by this Code of Good Practice, then the sub-contractor must comply with the provisions of this code. 6. EQUIPMENT 6.1. Equipment must be maintained in a clean condition. It must not be deleteriously reactive to materials being handled and must be constructed so as to be capable of easy efficient cleaning and if necessary sterilization. 6.2. In relation to the work being carried out, weighing and measuring equipment for raw materials and intermediates should be accurate enough to ensure that weighings or measurings will not vary outside the limits + 1.0% of the quantity being weighed or measured. Equipment should be subject to regular skilled testing, on at least an annual basis. 7. PROCEDURES 7.1. Systematic procedures must be established to control the identity and quality of each raw material, component and finished product at the appropriate stages of manufacture, filling, packaging and storage.