GMP Manufacturer: What is it, and what does it mean for you?
Blackburn Distributions are proud to announce that as of January 2022 we are now a GMP Certified Supplement Manufacturing Facility. A good manufacturing practice GMP for a business like ours to have.
Now, this sounds great! But what does this new accreditation mean for you, our customer?
So, in today's blog post, we will take a look at what GMP is, why GMP is so important, and last but definitely not least, what GMP means for you.
Chapters
Chapter 1
GMP Certification: What is it, and what does it mean for you?
In the Supplement Manufacturing Industry, it is critical that you keep to a high level of quality control to ensure the safety of your products and, ultimately your customers. That is why it is important to become a GMP Certified business.
As of January 2022, Blackburn Distributions are now a fully GMP Certified Manufacturer to the supplement, healthcare, and pharmaceutical industries!
This may leave you questioning, however, what is GMP? What does a GMP Certification mean for me, the customer?
Today, we will look at what a GMP Certification is, what working with a GMP Certified company means for you, and why being certified is so important.
Chapter 2
What is a GMP Certification?- Good manufacturing practice.
First of all, GMP stands for 'Good Manufacturing Practices, this term involves all of the practices involved in the manufacturing of a range of different products. Products include food-related items, beverages, cosmetics, pharmaceutical products, medical devices, and in our case, supplements.
The GMP guidelines ensure that our products are consistently produced and controlled to the standards they have set we need to comply with GMP as the quality needs to be a high standard to minimize the risks of any negative effects on our quality standards. This process is done by regular inspections before the final product is made.
The GMP Guidelines provide criteria that must be met when it comes to manufacturing these products designed to minimize the risk of cross-contamination. The main purpose of GMP is to prevent any harm being caused to the end-user of the product when broken down, this includes ensuring it is free from contamination, is consistent in its production, manufacturing has been well documented, staff trained appropriately, and that the product has been quality checked at various points in the manufacturing processes. All of these factors make up the core values of what GMP means and also the procedures we must follow to meet GMP requirements. This means that in order to pass a GMP Audit, you must have all of these procedures in place.
Chapter 3
What does working with a GMP Certified Manufacturer mean for you?
Working with us, a GMP Certified manufacturer, means that you are working with a fully compliant and reliable company and ensures you that we are maintaining the criteria measures throughout our manufacturing processes.
It also assures you that we are manufacturing with the highest quality raw materials as well as produced and controlled in the cleanest of environments. All of our ingredients are third-party tested ensuring that they are free from any foreign substances and are used in class 7 clean rooms which are of high cleanliness and free from contamination
Chapter 4
Why is GMP so important?
Having a GMP Certification is extremely important as they provide us with strict guidelines to follow to ensure the safety of our products for our consumers. Without guidelines such as GMP in place, that safety is not ensured.
GMP doesn't only assure safety for consumers, it is also important for us, the manufacturer. It gives us protection against the potential liability of manufacturing a product that causes harm to a customer as we have taken the necessary precautions to prevent this from happening. On top of that, it gives us a literal stamp of approval to assure us that we are providing a world-class service for our customers!
Chapter 5
Our GMP Certification
The team at Blackburn Distributions achieved GMP certification at the start of 2022. If you wish to preview or download the official certification of our gmp compliance