Raw Material Analysis
Raw Material Analysis
Active ingredients, inactive ingredients and processing aids all fall under the general category of Raw Materials.
The assurance of product quality begins with the concept of Supply Chain Quality Management. This includes qualification of raw material vendors, validation of the test results that vendors report on their raw material Certificates of Analysis, and a program of ongoing quality testing, monitoring the identity, strength, quality and purity of raw materials.
Supply Chain Quality Management ensures a more efficient use of production resources and can eliminate batch rejections due to poor raw material quality. Manufacturers of pharmaceutical and other therapeutic products are required to monitor the quality of the raw materials that are used in their products.
Though not currently required of manufacturers of cosmetic and personal care products, many understand that monitoring the quality of raw materials used in their products makes good business sense and as a result, conduct raw material testing and analysis with the hope of reducing production delays, downtime, batch reworking, rejections and missed shipping dates.
CPT℠ is a qualified and experienced testing lab that ensures raw material analyses are conducted in strict accordance with compendial, client or in-house methodologies, and in full compliance with all applicable regulations.
Additionally, CPT℠ is ISO/IEC 17025:2017 accredited, with many of the most common raw material tests included within our Scope of Accreditation.
Which Raw Materials Does CPT℠ Test?
CPT℠ has a long history of conducting testing and analysis on raw materials of all types, including but not limited to pharmaceutical and dietary supplement active ingredients, preservatives, botanical ingredients, inactive ingredients, processing aids, solvents, polymeric resins and more.
CPT℠ always recommends to its clients that wherever possible, official compendial methods be employed in the testing of raw materials. Where this is not possible, validated methods or those published in peer-reviewed literature are a suitable alternative.
