The Differences Between GMP and HACCP
8 July 2020
Many consumers are familiar with the acronym GMP because it has been printed on labels of drugs, food supplements, and cosmetic products. This acronym, which comes from the term Good Manufacturing Practice, is a standard which ensures that food, food supplements, medicines and cosmetics are safe for consumption.
Good manufacturing practice (GMP)
GMP can be categorized into two sub-categories: general GMP and product-specific GMP. GMP cover several aspects about a product. These include manufacturing location, plant layout, and safety and quality assurance in every step of the production process, including production planning, raw material sourcing, actual production, final products, product storage, product quality control, and distribution of products to customers. In addition, GMP requires specified production record keeping, post-production monitoring of product quality, sanitation and hygiene. GMP certification is a manufacturers’ first step in food safety; manufacturers typically adopt this good-practice system before adhering to other systems.
Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP)
HACCP involves identification of possible hazards that might occur in each production process, incorporating scientific measures to identify and prevent possible contamination of hazardous or other harmful substances. This good-practice system also requires regular monitoring of production to ensure that the required measures are effectively implemented.
Therefore, GMP certification is about production standard, while HACCP certification ensures that the production process does not involve hazardous chemicals or substances harmful to the health of consumers. There are different specific requirements for GMP and HACCP certification based on product categories, such as medicines, pharmaceutical products, food supplements, and cosmetics. Because consumption or use of these products can directly affect consumers’ health, therefore manufactures should incorporate GMP and HACCP good-practice systems to benefit from consumers’ confidence in the safety of their products. In addition, obtaining GMP and HAAP certifications offers the following benefits:
- Certified manufactures will have lower production costs. These manufactures will not need to make any adjustments to their production processes later to meet these standards, and they can avoid any fines that they may have to pay if their products are not safe to consumers. Moreover, the certification will help increase their manufacturing productivity.
- GMP and HAAP-certified manufactures will have a good reputation in terms of social responsibility and business sustainability in the eyes of all stakeholders.
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