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Pest control

GMP requires that a manufacturing facility have:

a nominated pest control officer

specific instructions or agreements with pest control companies

maps showing bait locations

documentation of all pest control treatments

Environmental regulations and OH&S also require companies to protect
personnel and the surrounding environment from the chemicals used in pest
control programs.

An effective pest control program involves:

keeping track of any sightings of pests between visits by the pest control
companies

assigning someone to accompany the pest control agent when they are on site

having frequent waste collections

using only approved pesticides

The cleaning of equipment, particularly equipment that has been (or will be) in
contact with product, is one of the fundamental principles of GMP. It is almost
certain that unclean equipment will in some way contaminate the next batch to
be processed.

GMP rules worldwide place particular emphasis upon the effective, validated
cleaning of all product contact equipment. The GMP rules also require that
written procedures be available on how to clean and store such equipment.

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