U. Eigener, L. Maksym, J. Nussbaum, M. Pflock, U. Rossow, R. Simmering (Members of the DGK specialist group “Microbiology and Industrial Hygiene”)
Part 3 focuses on common failures related to the provision of water (as a raw material and for cleaning) for the manufacture of cosmetic products, which may pose risks to the microbiological quality and safety of cosmetic products. There are several areas of the water treatment process where such failures may occur. They can be technical system failures - particularly failures in the efficacy of antimicrobial system elements. But they may also result from inadequate adherence to specifications for procedures, implementation of measures (e.g. disinfection, maintenance) and control testing (sampling, methods). In order to avoid errors, it is essential that all processes, measures and equipment are properly defined and monitored. Detection of defects and errors requires immediate root cause analysis, risk assessment and appropriate corrective actions. Water treatment and use processes should be integrated into the microbiological quality management (MQM) system to ensure compliance with specifications and process definitions, error detection and corrective actions.
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