Clariant earns cosmetics-ingredients certification from U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
- ISO 22716 documents quality of R&D, manufacturing, and storage
- Standard has become a requirement of American personal-care industry
- Corporation's plants adhere to the high standards globally
CHARLOTTE, N.C., Feb. 19, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, announced that it has received ISO 22716 certification for all U.S. cosmetics-ingredients sites from the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, College Park, Md. These products are used in Clariant's Personal Care product lines.
ISO 22716 provides guidelines for the production, control, storage, and shipment of cosmetic products, according to the International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland.
Adherence to these standards ensures the highest quality products and production processes for the cosmetics and personal care industry, said John Clarke, Regional Head, Clariant Industrial & Consumer Specialties Business – North America.
"For our customers, meeting this standard is no longer just a product benefit," Clarke said, "but has become a requirement of doing business."
At the same time, Clariant announced that, in addition to facilities in the United States, the corporation's 22 dedicated cosmetics-ingredient sites globally, throughout Europe, Asia, and Mexico, have received Good Manufacturing Processes (GMP) certification from the European Federation for Cosmetic Ingredients (EFcii).
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Clariant is a globally leading specialty chemicals company, based in Muttenz near Basel/Switzerland. On December 31, 2013 the company employed a total workforce of 18,099. In the financial year 2013, Clariant recorded sales of CHF 6.076 billion for its continuing businesses. The company reports in four business areas: Care Chemicals, Catalysis & Energy, Natural Resources, and Plastics & Coatings. Clariant's corporate strategy is based on five pillars: increase profitability, reposition portfolio, add value with sustainability, foster innovation and R&D, and intensify growth.
The Industrial & Consumer Specialties (ICS) business unit, with more than 1,800 employes and 14 production sites, is one of the largest providers of specialty chemicals and application solutions for consumer care and industrial markets. Combining market knowledge with high-performance ingredients and formulation expertise, ICS delivers solutions with the best cost-performance ratios.
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