Inspection Record

Sterimax Inc — Health Canada Inspection Findings

Health CanadaInspected 2021-03-03 15 findingsRegulatory reporting and change controlDeviation, CAPA, and investigationEquipment and facilityStability and storageOther quality systemLabeling and packagingComplaint and recall handlingQuality unit oversight

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Findings

1Regulatory reporting and change control

The change control system was inadequate for ensuring changes are properly documented, evaluated, and/or approved.

2Deviation, CAPA, and investigation

Investigations into deviations, reports, and/or follow-up actions were inadequate.

3Equipment and facility

The maintenance of records was inadequate.

4Stability and storage

The temperature and/or humidity control was inadequate.

5Other quality system

The assessment, documentation, and/or procedures for considering the resale of returned drugs were inadequate.

6Labeling and packaging

The positive identification of each batch of drug after the packaging and/or after it was received on the importer's premises was inadequate.

7Equipment and facility

The availability, content and/or maintenance of the quality agreements between the supplier, fabricator, tester, packager, labeller, distributor, importer, and/or wholesaler was inadequate.

8Labeling and packaging

The importer did not ensure that the foreign sites use to fabricate, package/label, or test drug products met the requirements described in Guidance on Evidence to Demonstrate Drug GMP Compliance of Foreign Sites (GUI-0080).

9Other quality system

Complete testing was not performed according to the requirements.

10Other quality system

The assessment to release finished products was inadequate.

11Complaint and recall handling

The assessment, recording, follow-up, and/or investigation of complaints and/or other information about potentially defective products was inadequate.

12Labeling and packaging

Packaging operations were not performed in keeping with the written operating procedures or specifications.

13Stability and storage

The company did not assess the results and/or take corrective actions for stability testing results that were out-of-specification, borderline, or out-of-trend . The ongoing stability program for a drug was inadequate.

14Quality unit oversight

The quality control department did not evaluate the results of the annual product quality review. The annual product quality review procedure was inadequate.

15Other quality system

The evidence required to demonstrate compliance with finished product specifications was inadequate.

About this record

Extracted automatically from the document of the Health Canada inspection on 2021-03-03. The source is available at the link above.

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