Croda Japan’s Manufacturing Site is now EFfCI Certified

Croda, a global leader in speciality chemicals, is very proud to announce that its Shiga manufacturing site in Japan has been awarded the EFfCI’s (The European Federation for Cosmetic Ingredients) GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) certification in November 2013.

EFfCI, which represents the collective interest of the chemical and natural ingredients industries as well as the suppliers and service providers of the cosmetic industry, developed this international GMP certification guide for Cosmetic Ingredients in 2005. The guide was based on the well-known and accepted *IPEC-POG* GMP for Pharmaceutical Excipients and employed the ISO 9001:2008 as a framework for the quality management system standard. The EFfCI GMP guide has been revised regularly to ensure it stays up-to-date with current quality and GMP thinking.

Croda Japan’s certification was obtained after the Shiga plant was audited and certified to conform to the stringent requirements of the EFfCI’s GMP standard for Cosmetic Ingredients by SGS, an approved certifying body. The Croda Japan production site is the only second Japanese plant to receive the EFfCI’s GMP certification and this is a tremendous achievement for Croda.

Japan is one of the two manufacturing sites within Croda Asia Pacific accorded with this certification. The first was attained by Croda Singapore’s manufacturing site in October 2012 and at that time, was the only cosmetic ingredients manufacturing plant in Singapore to receive this accolade.

* IPEC-POG: IPEC and POG are abbreviations of “The International Pharmaceutical Excipients Council” and “The Pharmaceutical Quality Group” respectively.