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[aeb11]

Hi everyone,

 

 

I work for a manufacturer that produces long life ambient products, so not high risk by the definition of BRC, no temperature controls (just for a bit of background, if you need more info to help, let me know.)

 

We have a change control procedure that has not been working for some time. Because people were not using it for anything other than new products which was creating a lot of admin work for me and was a constant headache of chasing people to see if specifications had been signed off, trials have been carried out etc.

 

Now I am moving this to a separate procedure for new product development, how can I word the scope of the change control procedure moving forward so that it is clear what it should include. 

 

Does any one have any general tips or advice for handling change control?

 

Example of forms so I can try to simplify mine?

 

We are a very small company so this is another part of the issue. And everyone is doing a bit of everything so it can be quite difficult to get information from the right person (which is why the NPD is such an issue but the guidelines on this are a lot clearer so I am more confident I can get this right in principle).

 

We tried having a change control meeting once a week but this fizzled out because people were working from home, day off, at a meeting, too busy...but I realise that it would probably be a good way to talk through the changes now NPD is being taken out as this was taking up a lot of it.

 

 

Any help with any of this would be greatly appreciated 

 

 

Thank you!

 

Amy

[CCCartstarter]

The company i'm currently with uses recipes and formulation sheets for each manufactured product, anytime a change to the recipe, specifications, process, etc. occurs the change has to be documented on the recipe or the formulation sheet. That goes through a review by our Compliance Manager (oversees label details, nutritional, maintains recipes) as well as our Food Safety Manager and Production Manager. Their signatures are required on both the recipe and the formulation sheet prior to it's release and the ability to use that changed document to manufacture each product. On the floor the Production Manager manages which recipes are available and after a change is made he archives the recipes in a binder. This process requires good team work but has worked really well for us.

[mahantesh.micro]

Hi aeb11,

We also have documented procedure and formats for change control, the same procedure is followed for any new addition or change in the existing formulation, procedure, formats, equipment, Raw or packing material, vendor etc.

 

Better you continue using this "change control procedure" and you can develop new procedure for NPD. Coz change control can be used to execute any changes in any of the activities mentioned above.

 

Mahantesh

[mos276]

Hi

the attached procedure may help you to construct what you need

[mos276]

Im Sorry

see attached here

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