FDA warning letter · Drugs

Art of Beauty Company, Inc.

Issued · Posted by FDA

Selected passages from the FDA letter

Quoted FDA text from the published dataset. These selected excerpts are not the complete letter.

Passage 1

Your firm failed to conduct at least one test to verify the identity of each component of a drug product (21 CFR 211.84(d)(1)).

Passage 2

Your firm failed to conduct, for each batch of drug product, appropriate laboratory testing, as necessary, required to be free of objectionable microorganisms (21 CFR 211.165(b)).

Passage 3

Your firm failed to adequately test hand sanitizer drug products for potential microbial contamination prior to batch release.

Passage 4

Your firm failed to establish written procedures for production and process control designed to assure that the drug products you manufacture have the identity, strength, quality, and purity they purport or are represented to possess (21 CFR 211.100(a)).

Passage 5

Your firm failed to clean, maintain, and, as appropriate for the nature of the drug, sanitize and/or sterilize equipment and utensils at appropriate intervals to prevent malfunctions or contamination that would alter the safety, identity, strength, quality, or purity of the drug product beyond the official or other established requirements (21 CFR 211.67(a)), and your firm failed to establish and follow written procedures for cleaning and maintenance of equipment (21 CFR 211.67(b)).

Passage 6

Failure to address violations may also cause FDA to withhold issuance of Export Certificates. FDA may withhold approval of new applications or supplements listing your firm as a drug manufacturer until any violations are completely addressed and we confirm your compliance with CGMP. We may re-inspect to verify that you have completed corrective actions to address any violations.

Citations in the original letter

As cited in this historical letter, not a statement of current regulatory requirements.

  • 21 CFR 210
  • 21 CFR 211.22
  • 21 CFR 211.84(d)(1)
  • 21 CFR 211.165(b)
  • 21 CFR 211.100(a)
  • 21 CFR 211.67(a)
  • 21 CFR 211.67(b)