Pharmaceutical Guidelines

Quality Assurance (QA) in the Pharmaceutical industry, is very essential for ensuring that Pharmaceutical Products are manufactured to a safe and consistent standard, and references with the guidelines, WHO, GMP are the main principles for pharmaceutical products.

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Destruction Of Raw / Packing / Intermediates Materials And Finished Product


1.0              OBJECTIVE:

To lay down the procedure for destruction and to have control over the destruction activity with appropriate review, authorization and labeling of the damaged, rejected, returned recalled and non moving Raw /Packing materials/Intermediate and Finished Products.

2.0              SCOPE:

This SOP is applicable to all the materials destroyed after product changeover at -----------------------

3.0              RESPONSIBILITY:

3.1              Originating Department designee / HOD responsible for initiating of destruction requisition.

3.2              QA designee, Manager QA- Loan license Party (If material belongs to loan license party) / QA-Third party (If applicable) are responsible for complies of this SOP.

4.0              ACCOUNTABILITY:

HEAD – QA shall be accountable for implementation and complies of this SOP.

5.0              PROCEDURE:          

5.1              Destruction of packing material:

Destruction of the printed packing materials from the shop floor:

5.1.1        Following printed packing materials shall be subjected for destruction on the shop floor.

v  Wrong or smudged overprinting labels, cartons, catch covers and show boxes which are rejected while over printing the batch details on packing line.

5.1.2        Procedure for the destruction of paper / card board type of printed packing material from shop floor.

v  The packing supervisor shall make entries in the register book as well as on the batch card for accounting the overprinting packing materials which shall be destroyed.

v  At the end of batch, the rejected printed packing materials shall be destroyed by shredding them off or for incineration, if available in the presence of a QA officer.

v  The torn rejected printed packing material shall be transferred to the scrap yard.

v  The personnel & administration officer shall ensure that these torn printed packing materials are taken outside the factory premises at suitable interval and are further destroyed by incineration (burning)/ shredding them at a safe place.

v  This operation shall be carried out after taking approval from QA.

5.1.3        Any fresh material if rejected due to printer’s mistake than the printer shall do the sorting of packaging components. Sorted good and the rejected lots shall be destroyed.

5.1.4        If the material cannot be salvaged and cannot be reused, then it shall be destroyed by suitable destruction procedure.

5.1.5        The packing material stores supervisor shall ensure to take in writing from the supplier stating that the printed packing material shall be destroyed in his presence, along with the name of the product, type of packing material, quantity, date and the place where the printed packing material shall be destroyed.

5.1.6        In the event of introduction of new type of material, all the old type of printed packing materials shall be destroyed as above and recorded.

5.2              Procedure for the destruction of printed, plain aluminum / PVC foils, rejected ROPP caps, measuring cups, HDPE bottles, flip off seals and glass bottles from the shop floor:

5.3              Following packing materials shall be subjected for destruction on the shop floor.

v  Wrong or smudged overprinting foils which are rejected while over printing the batch details.

v  De shaped or with other manufacturing and processing defects in ROPP caps, measuring cups, HDPE bottles, flip off seals glass bottles and vials that are rejected on packing line.

5.3.1        The production officer shall make entries in BMR/BPR for accounting the rejected packing material which are to be destroyed.

5.3.2        At the end of the batch, the shift production supervisor shall ensure that the printed aluminum and PVC for blister and strips shall be destroyed by cutting the roll into pieces or subjecting it to shredding machine, if available carry out this operation in the presence of a QA officer.

5.3.3        The cut foil shall be transferred to the scrap yard.

5.3.4        The line rejected ROPP caps, measuring cups, HDPE bottles, flip off seals glass bottles and vials shall be destroyed by crushing / de-shaping them.

5.3.5        Apart from approvals from concerned production supervisor, it shall be the duty of the security officer / guards to ensure that no intact / filled bottles / vials are taken to the scrap yard.

5.4              Destruction of the printed packing materials from the warehouse:

5.4.1        Any fresh material if rejected due to printer’s mistake than the printer shall do the sorting of packaging components. Sorted good and the rejected lots shall be destroyed.

5.4.2        If the material cannot be salvaged and cannot be reused, then it shall be destroyed by suitable destruction procedure.

5.4.3        The packing material stores supervisor shall ensure to take in writing from the supplier stating that the printed packing material shall be destroyed in his presence, along with the name of the product, type of packing material, quantity, date and the place where the printed packing material shall be destroyed.

5.4.4        In the event of introduction of new type of material, all the old type of printed packing materials shall be destroyed as above and recorded.

5.4.5        If the printed packing material which is to be destroyed is a modvat item, then the packing materials warehouse supervisor shall intimate the finished goods warehouse supervisor for taking the permission for its destruction from the excise department.

5.4.6        Destroy the printed packing materials by subjecting it to shredding machine, if available. in case the shredding machine is not available then the packing materials destroy by manual cutting. Carry out this operation in presence of a security personnel and intimate qa department for verification.

5.4.7        If the printed material is destroyed by manual cutting, then after the distruction operation is over, recording of the above shall be done.

5.4.8        If large quantities of printed foils are rejected then these can be returned to the supplier, for the printed matter erasing under non-returnable gate pass.

5.5              Destruction of expired / recalled/ rejected products from the finished goods warehouse:

5.5.1        Reasons of rejections of finish good.

v  Wrong overprinting of the batch details.

v  Fail in finish good testing by QC.

v  Recalled products in which corrective action and rework not possible.

v  Not released for dispatch and rejected by QA head.

5.5.2        Before destroying the expired / rejected / recalled drug material from finished goods store, approval shall be taken from plant head and head – QA.

5.5.3        After receiving their approval, the finish goods are de-foiled / de-bottled / de-vials.

5.5.4        The de-foiled / de-bottled / de-vials drug products are then de-activated by treated with 2% NaOH solution.

5.5.5        The treated material is then drained into ETP. The record for the same is maintained.

5.5.6        Packing materials destroy as per procedure and transfer in scrap yard.

5.6              Destruction of non-recoverable material generated during manufacturing:

5.6.1        Reasons for non recoverable rejection.

v  Handling loss during manufacturing.

v  Material found out of specification for example lump formation.

v  Some kind of contamination or impurity observed.

5.6.2        The non-recoverable product (intermediate product) like; tablets, capsules, lubricated blend etc. Put in sufficient water to form slurry and put in line connecting to ETP. In case of Betalactum and Cephalosporin Products, shall be destroyed after de-activating with 2% NaOH solution and drain in line connecting to ETP.

5.7              All the materials, products, intermediates and finished products to be considered for destruction shall be identified and labeled (with a Red destruction Status label), approved and quarantined separately to avoid mix up.

5.8              As per the requirement a material destruction form shall be initiated by the originating department designee/Head to be addressed to QA department for Material Destruction as per Format No.: F/QA-018-01.

5.9              After proper reviewing with appropriate reasons and justification, HOD of QA will approve or reject the same and send for final authorization in case of Loan License Product/Third party if applicable.

5.10          Once the destruction proposal is authorized, the materials / products under subject are to be considered for destruction. The destruction procedure shall be carried out.

5.11          Appropriate precautions shall be taken while carrying out the destruction.

5.12          The post destruction area / equipment / container shall be cleaned thoroughly.

5.13          Record of all destructions with details shall be properly maintained in the material destruction log format No F/QA-018-02.

5.14          Requisition No. as per ( RR/20/001), where denoted by

DR-Destruction Report denoted by

XX-Year e.g. 18 for 2018

YYY- Serial No. of three digits 001.

            5.11     Acceptance Criteria: Material should be destroyed as per procedure.

            5.12     Frequency: Whenever required.


6.0              LIST OF ANNEXURE AND FORMAT:

Sr. No.

Title of Format

Format No.

01

Rejection And Destruction Authorization Form.

F/ QA-018-01

02

Material Rejection And Destruction log 

F/ QA-018-02

7.0              REFERENCES:

7.1              SOP-QA-001

7.2              F/QA-001-01

7.3              SOP-QA-014

8.0              REVISION HISTORY:   

Sr. No.

Date

Reason for Revision

Revision No

1.          

31/10/2018

New SOP

R0

2.          

31/10/2020

Schedule Revision

R1

 

 

9.0              ABBREVIATIONS:

Sr. No

Abbreviations

Details

  1.  

SOP

Standard operating procedure

  1.  

NA

Not applicable

  1.  

QA

Quality assurance

  1.  

ROPP

Round of pilfer proof

  1.  

HOD

Head Of Department

  1.  

ETP

Effluent treatment plant

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

END OF DOCUMENT


REPORT NO_____________________                                                           DATE: _______________________

 

Initiated By /

(Sign & Date): _________________________                                                Department_____________________


       

 

Product Name: ________________________              Batch No.: _____________       Batch Size: _____________

 

 

 

1.      MATERIAL STATUS: RM / PM / Intermediates / Engg. Batch / Trials/Finish Product

Material Name

Batch. No.

MFD. BY

Supplier

GRN No.

A.R. No.

Qty.

Consumed

Qty. to be Destroyed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.      Reason for Destruction:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.      Value of Material (Cost): ____________

 

 

 

 

Stores In charge (If Applicable)

(Sign/Date): ________________________

Approved by:

(QA Head/designee)

 

 

Destruction carried out as per  Method No.:

 

 

Detailed Investigation Report (If Applicable):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CHECKED BY/ON

(Initiating Dept.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

VERIFIED BY/ON

(QA Loan Licensee/Third party if applicable)

 

 

 

 

 

VERIFIED BY/ON

Quality Assurance(Sign/Date):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Final Report Submitted to QA by/on:

(Sign & Date)

 

 

 

 

 

 Verified by/on:  __________________________

(QA Head /Designee)

 

Sr. No.

Material Name

Batch. No.

G.R.N. No./

A.R. No.

Supplier

Qty. Received

Qty. Destroyed

Destroyed by/on

Approved by / on

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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