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Sombra Cosmetics, Inc. — FDA Warning Letter Findings

US FDAPublished 2024-12-24 4 findingsQuality unit oversightLaboratory and QC controlsProcess validationMaterial and supplier control

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Findings

1Quality unit oversight

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 and the authority to review production records to assure that no errors have occurred or, if errors have occurred, that they have been fully investigated (21 CFR 211.22(a)). Your quality unit (QU) did not provide adequate oversight for…

2Laboratory and QC controls

Your firm failed to establish laboratory controls that include scientifically sound and appropriate specifications, standards, sampling plans, and test procedures designed to assure that components, drug product containers, closures, in-process materials, labeling, and drug products conform to appropriate standards of identity, strength, quality, and purity (21 CFR 211.160(b)). Your firm failed to demonstrate that your microbiological test methods were appropriate to assure…

3Process validation

Your firm failed to establish adequate 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)). Inadequate Water System You manufacture over-the-counter (OTC) drug products such as topical analgesic creams and hand sanitizers. Your firm used water as a component in your OTC drug product manufacturing and…

4Material and supplier control

Your firm failed to test samples of each component for identity and conformity with all appropriate written specifications for purity, strength, and quality. Your firm also failed to validate and establish the reliability of your component supplier’s test analyses at appropriate intervals (21 CFR 211.84(d)(1) and 211.84(d)(2)). You failed to perform adequate identity testing for each component lot used in the production of your OTC drug products, including your active…

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