Production Facilities - Stores

Storage and handling of Incoming materials and finished goods:

Centrally Air-conditioned storage, with controlled RH/ Temp. by BMS (Building Management Control) for raw-materials, packing materials and finished goods.

Area is classified for storage of inputs and finished products.

Area for storage of incoming goods:

1. raw-materials
2. packing materials
3. Miscellaneous items

Area of incoming materials is further classified for:

1. Sampling area
2. Quarantine/ under test
3. Approved :

Raw-materials: Consist of two API (active pharma ingredients) and excipients or additives.

Packing materials: Consist of three types of materials i.e. primary, secondary and tertiary.

Miscellaneous items: consist of cleaning materials, stored separately

Procedure for materials handling:

All incoming materials, received at materials receiving bay by stores keeper, checked for physical verification for intactness of pack recd, cleaned with vacuum cleaner, further checked for under mentioned information for RM/PM and stored as per defined area classification.

Raw-materials checking: On receipt, checked for physical verification and information for:

product name, batch no., date of manufacture expiry, qty. in the pack no. of packs and product specification i.e. IP/BP/ EP/ USP or LR/AR.

Packing materials is checked for: physical verification of pack recd., qty., no. of packs recd. product name, approved product specifications.

The materials are identified and tagged with status label by quality control department as:

1. YELLOW COLOURED LABEL FOR : UNDER TEST/ QUARANTINED GOODS
2. GREEN COLOURED LABEL FOR : APPROVED GOODS
3. RED COLOURED LABEL FOR : REJECTED GOODS

The approved materials, issued to for production against materials requisition request.

Finished Goods handling and storage: Final packed batch product is released by quality assurance department and transferred to Finish Good Store against material transfer note and received by stores department.

The goods are stored under strict controlled conditions of RH/Temp. maintained and monitored by BMS.
All materials inputs/outputs are stored on pellts and shelves.