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ISO 22716:2007

Ensure safe, high-quality cosmetic products with GMP guidelines tailored to manufacturing and packaging processes.

ISO 22716 certification from ApeGlobal aims to enhance the safety of consumer cosmetic products through the tight definition of GMP across all elements of the supply chain.
It ensures compliance to all the recommend Cosmetics GMP Guidelines in the production, control, storage and shipment of cosmetic products.

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What is ISO 22716:2007?

ISO 22716 provides internationally recognised Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) for cosmetics. It covers production, control, storage, and shipment to help ensure product safety and quality across the supply chain.

Globally Recognised Standard

ISO 22716 is accepted worldwide by regulators, retailers, and manufacturers as a baseline for GMP in cosmetics.

Covers Full Manufacturing Lifecycle

From raw material handling to final product dispatch, ISO 22716 sets structured, traceable controls.

Supports Regulatory Compliance

Aligns with EU Cosmetics Regulation (1223/2009) and similar international requirements.

Reduces Risk to Product Safety

By standardising hygiene, traceability, and quality controls, the standard helps reduce contamination and recall risks.

Certification Available

Formal GMP certification provided by ApexGlobal’s impartial audit team.

GMP Training

Team training available for ISO 22716 awareness and internal audits.

Independent Gap Review

Pre-audit gap assessments benchmarked strictly against ISO 22716.

Global Recognition

Demonstrate commitment to quality and safety recognised across the cosmetics industry.

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Reduces Risk to Product Safety

Shows compliance to GMP

ISO 22716 isnt just a compliance framework, its evidence of adhearance to the requirements of cosmetic GMP manufacturing and can reasure your customers that products are being produced correctly and legally.

It also shows evidence of complaince where government expectations are needed, such as MoCRA in the USA.

At Apex Global Quality, all our ISO audits, with one exception, are conducted on an unannounced basis within a clearly defined audit window, typically set three months in advance. 

During this period, the audit can take place at any time without prior notice. This model ensures we capture a true reflection of day-to-day operations, free from artificial preparation. It reinforces operational integrity, encourages ongoing compliance, and provides our clients with more meaningful and credible certification outcomes.

You simply tell us what days you cant do – Black out dates – and we do the rest

Prove your always audit compliant

Unannounce Programme

With the exception of the initial audit or compliance assessment, all subsequent audits are conducted on an unannounced basis. This approach provides a real-world view of your organisation’s ongoing compliance and ensures that certification reflects actual day-to-day practices, not staged audit readiness.

Details

Certification by ApexGlobal​

Achieve formal recognition of your compliance through our impartial and accredited certification process. Audits are conducted by trained lead auditors in line with ISO/IEC 17021 requirements.

  • Globally recognised

  • On-site or remote audit options

  • Minimal disruption to operations

GAP ANALYSIS

Our gap analysis is an assessor-delivered activity that focuses on identifying the critical, high-risk or weak areas of your system in preparation for your ISO 22716 assessment. You will be issued with a report summarising the outcomes and providing recommendations for improvements if necessary.

COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATION

We specialise in consumer goods, supply chain and quality assurance assessment services, meaning we are ideally placed to meet your ISO 22716 certification requirements. You can be confident in our industry experts to explore every problem thoroughly.

Certification to ISO 22716 is a two-stage process, which consists of a system appraisal and an initial assessment, the duration of which is dependent on the size and complexity of your organisation.

ASSURANCE

Don’t let your certification journey stop with ISO 22716. At ApexGlobal, we also provide assessment services to quality, health and safety, environmental, sustainability and many more industry standards.

Gap, Gaps and more Gaps

Not Sure if your ready yet?

If you need to understand your compliance status before certification, ApexGlobal Quality can conduct an impartial GAP analysis

An objective, criteria-based evaluation of your current compliance status — using the ISO 22716 requirements as a benchmark.

  • Conducted by a separate technical assessor

  • No recommendations — just findings

  • Useful prior to formal certification