METHOD OF HANDLING STORAGE PACKING AND PRESERVATION OF PRODUCTS

1.0    PURPOSE
        
    To  describe   a  standard operating procedure  (SOP) for  handling, storage, packing and preservation of  products.
        
2.0    SCOPE
        
    The  SOP describes  in  detail  the  method   of handling, storage, packing and  preservation  of   products.
        
3.0    RESPONSIBILITY
        
     The responsibility of handling, storage, packing and preservation of products as per the SOP lies with the staff of the rank not lower than operator of the production department.
    
    The responsibility of preparing, reviewing and approving the SOP lies with the Executive (Production), Head of Production and Head of QAD  respectively.
        
4.0    METHOD:
        
4.1    Handling of materials.

4.1.1    Solvents  are stored in sealed containers or closed  tanks.   The  transferring  shall be done either by gravity, pumping  or  by vacuum.
    
4.1.2    Solid materials are packed in closed bags/containers and transferred from  one place to other with the help of trolleys and they shall be  charged into the reactor by using scoop.
    
4.2    Storage of Materials
    
4.2.1    The intermediates & finished products shall be kept in new double polythene bags and stored in specified containers as per the given Annexure-I.
    
4.2.2    The intermediates & finished products shall be stored in designated areas based  on status of Quarantine and  approved (colour indicates respectively yellow & green).
    
4.2.3    The  intermediates & finished products shall be stored such that containers  belonging  to one product shall be separated from the other product. 
    
4.2.4    The  storage  of  intermediates & finished products in containers shall be done  after  taking  into account the compatibility of the materials.
    
4.2.5    The containers used for the storage of intermediates & finished products shall be cleaned with the solvent which is used in the process as per the BMS of the same product.
    
4.2.6    The intermediate & finished products shall be rechecked for every six months for their quality. (based on the stability data)
    
4.3    Packing 
    
4.3.1    The  materials shall be packed, after getting  clearance  from  quality  control  department in specified containers as per given Annexure-I. The containers and other  packing  material  shall be drawn from the   stores  by  using packing material indent (P/F106R).
    
4.3.2    The containers shall be cleaned properly with industrial methylated  spirit and two polythene bags are placed into the drum. The cleaning  of  containers  shall be recorded in the respective register. QC  chemist  shall  put  sign.  in the packing record. If the containers  cleaning  is found to be satisfactory
    
4.3.3    The  filling of the material into the poly bags placed in  the  containers  and all the other packing operations shall be  completed  in presence of QC chemist. The packing chemist shall paste the  labels  on  the  upper surface of the containers and inner surface  of  the containers or as per the customer requirement.
    
    
4.3.4    Incase the material is packed in 1 Kg. or less than 1 Kg. pack  size,  the material is packed  in a corrugated tin,  which  contains only one poly bag.
    
4.3.5    After completion of the packing both the QC chemist and  packing supervisor shall  sign in the packing record.
    
4.3.6    The  packed  material shall be transfered  to  the  commercial stores along with a commercial transfer note (P/F110).
    
4.3.7    The  materials shall be stored in commercial  stores,  product  wise separately. 
    

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