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Everyone who at least once bought drugs, dietary supplements or vitamin complexes from Europe and the USA has heard about GMP. This abbreviation is used by many pharmaceutical companies and public authorities. What is the GMP international quality standard and what advantages do manufacturers and buyers have from observing it?

Welllab dietary supplements are GMP certified.

GMP standard what is it?

The international standard GMP Good Manufacturing Practice or Good Manufacturing Practice are rules that include the norms and requirements necessary to ensure good manufacturing practice for pharmaceutical enterprises. GMP rules cover all aspects related to the manufacture and quality control of the following types of production:

medicines;
medical equipment;
products intended for diagnostics;
dietary supplements, vitamins, minerals, etc.;
active ingredients.

Good Manufacturing Practice standards include regulations regarding:

personnel, premises and equipment;
quality control;
maintaining documentation;
analysis and samples of products;
packaging and labeling;
storage and sale;
methods and manufacturing process.

The European Good Manufacturing Practice standard aims to ensure the quality and safe manufacture of medical products for humans and animals.

Who needs a GMP quality standard?

Confirmation of the compliance of dietary supplements, vitamins and mineral complexes with the Good Manufacturing Practice standard is necessary for the consumer. Undoubtedly, people who purchase such products are interested in the safety and quality of the means used.

The history of the production of pharmacological products knows many cases of mass death due to the intake of seemingly harmless drugs - aspirin or citramon. This happened as a result of lethal substances getting into the production process of medicines. Fatal error? Some malicious plan? The cases are different, but the need to implement the requirements of Good Manufacturing Practice is primarily caused by the desire to protect consumers from possible complications after taking the product.

Good Manufacturing Practice is not just wishes for the production of drugs. These are the strictest requirements for all enterprises that allow the production of effective and safe products. By using Good Manufacturing Practice certified products , the consumer does not risk his own life and health.

Which manufacturers are GMP certified?

Manufacturers of pharmaceutical and other products, the manufacture of which is regulated by the GMP standard, undergo a certification procedure. Then, as a confirmation of compliance with the requirements of the rules, the company receives a GMP certificate.

The presence of the Good Manufacturing Practice certificate from the manufacturer indicates that:

products do not contain artificial ingredients, GMOs, alcohol, preservatives and other non-natural ingredients;
specialists with a high level of qualification are involved in the production of products;
the latest technologies and equipment are used in production;
products have passed several stages of quality control, starting with the selection of raw materials.

Not all manufacturers of dietary supplements, vitamins and other products have a similar highest level of certification.