FDA warning letter · Drugs

Global Cosmetics Company Limited

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 establish and follow an adequate written testing program designed to assess the stability characteristics of drug products and to use results of stability testing to determine appropriate storage conditions and expiration dates (21 CFR 211.166(a)).

Passage 3

Your firm failed to establish an adequate quality control unit with the responsibility and authority to approve or reject all components, drug product containers, closures, in-process materials, packaging materials, labeling, and drug products (21 CFR 211.22(a)).

Passage 4

Failure to address any violations may also result in the FDA continuing to refuse admission of articles manufactured at Global Cosmetics (China) Company Limited, No. 13 Gaobao Road, Changping Town, Dongguan, Guangdong 523581, China, into the United States under section 801(a)(3) of the FD&C Act, 21 U.S.C. 381(a)(3). Articles under this authority that appear to be adulterated may be detained or refused admission.

Citations in the original letter

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

  • 21 CFR 211.84(d)(1)
  • 21 CFR 211.166(a)
  • 21 CFR 211.22(a)