MERCOSUR LABORATORY STANDARDS
October 3rd, 2005
BY KEITH NUTHALL
COSMETICS, perfume and personal hygiene companies in the Mercosur region of South America will have to stage annual health inspections of their manufacturing systems under a resolution agreed by member states Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay. These will have to demonstrate that companies are following prescribed Mercosur standards of good practice, with written reports being produced by in-house laboratories, detailing results and any reforms that are required. These would have to be submitted to national health authorities within six ...
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