Establishing and evaluating the Good Manufacturing Practices - GMP: a case study

Abstract

The Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) Program is an important tool widely used to ensure the standard of quality required by the market. This paper discusses the procedures for implementing and monitoring the GMP for a plant of production of flour and oils obtained from birds. For performing this work, the program was presented to the company management and a multidisciplinary team was constituted. In sequence, the in loco process was characterized in order to get information regarding to the manual preparation. One of the key steps of the process was the implementation of training given by the quality manager, aiming at substantiating them on the awareness of employees requirements to convey the necessary knowledge to meet the GMP program. The last stage of the work was consisted of monitoring the program through the internal audits. It was observed that the audits significantly influenced for improving the all of the phases of implementation. The GMP implementation resulted in the improvement of corrective measures with the involvement of all organizational staff.