SOP for Destruction of Packaging Material

PURPOSE

To lay down a procedure for the destruction of packaging material.

SCOPE

This procedure applies to the destruction of rejected packaging material at XYZ Ltd.

RESPONSIBILITY

IPQA Chemist / Packing Material Incharge

ACCOUNTABILITY

Head Quality Assurance

PROCEDURE

• Concerned department personnel shall initiate the material destruction Form.
• The name and quantity of the item to be destroyed shall be specified in the material destruction Form.
• After Initiation from the concerned Department, the material destruction form shall be verified by the Executive/Officer QA dept.

• After verification sends the material destruction form to QA Department for approval by the QA Head. Before going to Packing material destruction authorization shall be taken from Tech. Director.
• Take out the material from the rejected material area.

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• Rejected Packing material destruction shall be done in the presence of QA personnel.
• Check and remove the labels from the material to be destroyed.
• Label the packaging material for destruction and transfer the same to the scrap yard.
• In the scrap yard, pass all the packaging material to be destroyed from the shredder machine.
• Collect fine shreds in disposable plastic bags and dispose of the same in the dustbin.
• Frequency: Once in month.

REFERENCES

Nil

ANNEXURES

Annexure I - MATERIAL DESTRUCTION FORM

ABBREVIATIONS

SOP : Standard Operating Procedure

QA : Quality Assurance

DISTRIBUTION

Head Quality Assurance Department

Head Warehouse Department

Head Packing Department

REVISION HISTORY

Nil

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MATERIAL DESTRUCTION FORM

DATE:

NAME OF THE PACKAGING MATERIAL: __________________________

QUANTITY: __________________________________________________

REASON FOR DESTROYING : ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

METHOD OF DESTROYING: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Initiated By                      Verified By                     Approved By                Authorized By

Store Incharge           Executive/Officer QA         QA Head                     Tech Director

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