1.0 PURPOSE
To lay down the procedure for handling of rejected material.
2.0 SCOPE
2.1 This procedure is applicable in Quality Assurance, Quality Control, Production and Warehouse.
3.0 RESPONSIBILITY
3.1 Manager - Quality Control
3.2 Manager - Production
3.3 Manager - Warehouse
4.0 ACCOUNTABILITY
4.1 Manager– Quality Assurance
5.0 PROCEDURE
5.1 Rejected material shall be segregated to keep it in its designated place with rejected status.
5.1.1 Rejected raw/packaging material shall be kept in Rejected area of warehouse.
5.1.2 Online rejected material (Raw/Packaging materials, intermediates, semifinished and finished product) shall be transferred to Warehouse with on line rejection note (OLRN) as per the format given in Annexure-I and Ware house shall keep in the rejected area. Attach a copy of OLRN along with respective batch.
5.2 Ware house / Production shall be inform to QA about the rejection through Rejection Intimation Note as per the format given in Annexure-II.
5.3 QA shall verify the type of rejected material, reason of rejection, investigation and its results.
5.4 On verification QA shall decide for further disposal as follows.
5.4.1 Return to vendor incase of Raw/packaging material (Other than printed packaging material).
5.4.2 Reprocessing / Rework of intermediate, semi-finished or finished goods.
5.11.3 Destruction of material.
5.5 QA shall document its decision of disposal and ensure the disposal to happen.
5.6 All rejected printed packaging material shall not be returned to vendor and are destructed on site.
5.7 Destruction shall be recorded in Material Destruction Record as per the format given in Annexure-III.
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Rejected material, quality assurance, packaging materia
