Repacking from BULK

[AppleStar]

Hello
I am new here and I hope I am posting my question in the right section.

I am planing to import health related products from abroad in bulk quantity from a company that have proper ISOs certifications, then do a quality check and repack them to a single unit here in UK. In this case do I have to mentioned my company as a manufacturer? also shall the company need to obtain ISO certificates in order to export the products? Which organisation I should go to to obtain proper information related to my issue?

Thank You

 

[enous]

if the manufacturer they produce for you, use their ISO certificates when do custom clearance.
You should asking a broker, they'll done everything for you when you import to UK

 

[SillyBill]

We do repacking from bulk on behalf of clients as a service but not in cosmetics or pharma applications (industrial only); you effectively inherit all liability once you touch the original manufacturing packaging (OM won't accept a claim against them if it has been touched), considering you are talking high value stuff in pharma/cosmetics and severe consequences if contaminated it isn't really something we'd touch with a barge pole, enough to potentially wipe your business upon a single quality complaint that caused a batch recall for instance. And we have all the ISO certifications etc. - I would expect any re-packer to have that as a minimum. And yes if you specifically name your business as the manufacturer then you are doubly cementing your liability over a product which you don't control in quality terms, something to consider seriously.

If repacking pharma/health or cosmetics the facility should be audited against GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) as a minimum too. You should have designated clean room areas for repacking with procedures in place. You would also get asked no doubt about having HACCP procedures in place etc. Pest control conducted routinely whether you think its required or not. The list goes on. It is expensive...hence we don't touch anything other than low value repacking where we're only on the hook for a few £k/job if it went tits up, not £5M in damages.

And when I say contaminated, I mean a single fly gets in the ointment and that is discovered by a client and trust me, the s**t hits the fan. Naturally and rightly, standards when it comes to stuff we put in or on our bodies is very high, you need to be tighter than a duck's backside on quality control.

 

[Mr D]

If you simply want to have your logo and your packaging on something you can often get a supplier to do private label packaging. Often for a considerable size purchase - one company I know of in the beauty field will do so for a mere 3000 units. Of each item. You want 5 different colours? 15k units order.


There isn't the same problem to you because they are the ones packaging at the time they'd normally package their stuff - so no additional handling.