Rejection of Raw Materials and Packing Materials

1.0 OBJECTIVE

To lay down a procedure for Rejection of Raw Materials and Packing Materials

2.0   SCOPE

This procedure is applicable to all Raw materials and Packaging materials that are analyzed and rejected in Quality Control .

 3.0     RESPONSIBILITIES

Executive/ Officer QC shall be responsible for the Rejection of Raw Materials and Packing Materials

Head-QC/ Designee shall be responsible for review and ensuring compliance of Standard Operating Procedure.

 4.0     DISTRIBUTION

            Master copy              :   Quality Assurance Department

           Controlled Copy – 1           :           Quality Control Department

5.0             PROCEDURE

Team leader/Executive shall initiate the rejection procedure for raw materials and packing materials if the material is found out of specification.

•      QC Executive/officer shall prepare the rejection report .
  •       QC executive/officer shall refer the GRN and Certificate of Analysis to prepare the rejection report.
  •       QC will issue the rejection report for raw and packaging material on the basis of physical verification during sampling, out of specification results and  on-line rejection.        
  • QC executive/officer shall assign the rejection report no as follows:
    • WWW/XX/YYY/ZZ-001,
    • Where WWW represents Company.
    • XX represents the rejected material. PM for Packing material ,RM for Raw material
    • YYY represents the running serial number for the rejection report beginning with 001 at the start of each year.
    • ZZ represents the last two digits of the year.
  • Rejection report of material shall be record as per Annexure-2
  • Team leader/Executive QC shall take approval of Head-QC/designee and authorization of Head quality/designee on the rejection report.
  • A “REJECTED” label shall be affixed on the rejected material.
  • Attach a copy of the rejection report to the analytical data sheet.
  • A copy of the rejection report for raw and packaging materials shall be shared to QA and warehouse.

6.0       ANNEXURES

Annexure-1 : Rejection Report for Raw materials and Packaging materials.

Annexure-2 : Rejection Logbook.

7.0 ABBREVIATIONS

QC-Quality Control

QA-Quality Assurance

GRN- Good Receipt Note