Independent Packaging & Labelling Inspection Service

Perigord carry out the entire range of inspection tasks a Life Science company needs to complete when bringing a product to market.  We manage all the proofing, comparison and artwork checks across the packaging development life cycle.

Trained and experienced teams

Independent verification

Increased agility and scalability

Increased efficiency and cost optimisation

Inspection services that stand apart

A fully certified outsource solution

A fully independent team trusted by the client

Critical inspection checks across the product packaging life cycle

With numerous artwork changes taking place as products move through the product life cycle, keeping on top of all the checks and compliance measures can be challenging, time consuming and costly. No matter what part of the product journey you are on, we can support your organisation with artwork inspections at all stages of production.

Perigord’s Independent Packaging & Labelling Inspection team offers configurable solutions for a range of critical checks including:

Pre-Artwork Checks

  • Labelling Annexes Review
  • Validating Labelling Content
  • Regulatory Variation (Safety and Technical) Oversight

Translation

  • Content Verification
  • Proofing

Artwork

  • Design (Branding and Layout)
  • Market Requirements
  • Blue Box
  • Image-to-Image Comparison
  • 3D Proofing

Braille

  • ISO Verification
  • Language
  • Braille Translation
  • Dot Width

Barcode

  • Grade
  • Type
  • Value
  • BWR
  • Magnification
  • GS1

Technical Checks (Site Check)

  • Keyline Specification Review
  • Variable Data

Text Content Checks

  • Digital Verification
  • Visual Inspection
  • Market Requirements

Printer Proof Check

  • Printer Technical Checks
  • Pixel
  • Electronic Text and Image Verification
  • Colour 

A fully certified outsource solution

The pharmaceutical industry is one of the most highly regulated industries in the world, an industry in which there is no room for error. Organisations that design, produce, and deliver products which patients depend on are obliged to ensure the information that accompanies and appears across their product packaging is without fault.

As required by regulation all packaging components of drug products (RX and OTC) should contain all necessary regulatory information correctly laid out and in conformance with the appropriate standards

Product packaging must be produced and bearing some or all of the following information:

  • Name of the drug product
  • List of the active ingredients
  • Statement of the net contents
  • Batch number assigned by the manufacturer
  • Expiry date in an uncoded form
  • Any special storage conditions or handling precautions
  • Directions for use
  • Necessary warnings and precautions
  • Name and address of the manufacturer or marketing authorisation holder (MAH) for placing the product on the market

With so much information being required to be on packaging components, managing and approving this volume of content is complex and costly. Add in the fact that the product packaging and labelling content needs to reinforce the instructions given by the physician or the pharmacist, makes packaging a critical compliance aid, with any mistakes in artwork leading to:

Potential failure in regulatory compliance

Delay in getting a product to market

Product recalls with the associated costs

Out of stocks

Checking all the above and then assuring the information presented is correct is a complex responsibility. Working to GMP and certified to ISO 9001:2015, PS 9000:2016 and ISO 27001:2013, all Perigord inspection checks are carried out in line with industry best practice. Making sure your organisation keeps on top of its quality and regulatory checks can be very challenging, with numerous issues making it difficult for businesses to maintain the proofreading and inspection standards. Therefore, it is essential that you know what options are available to help you mitigate against risk of any breakdown in compliance, process delays or failures that, for example, are caused by:

  • The lack of dedicated or experienced proofreading/QC professionals.
  • Proofreading and inspection bottle necks at times of peak demand.
  • The lack of a clearly defined inspection workflow.
  • The unavailability of digital proofreading and inspection tools within the organisation.
  • Not having an artwork management system to track the approval process.

A fully independent team trusted by the client

Perigord’s Packaging & Labelling Inspection solutions stand apart from other providers in the market. Providing fully outsourced functional BPS and time-bound contract solutions to large, mid-sized and emerging Life Science organisations, we have a team of highly trained and experienced quality professionals that:

  • Have the expertise and procedural knowledge to inspect your artwork and ensure that it is correct and fully compliant. 
  • Are validated and continuously monitored to ensure optimum performance.
  • Work to defined checklists that are designed to reduce errors and ensure artwork consistency and completeness.
  • Utilise the latest technology for text verification/comparison tools available on the market.
  • Operate to globally recognised IS0 9001:2015, PS 9000:2016 and ISO 27001:2013 standards.
  • Are focused on and are measured against our mutually agreed KPIs.

At Perigord, our main function is to ensure that all the packaging proofreading tasks and inspection checks are carried out to the highest GMP standards in a fully validated and auditable environment. Perigord’s independent inspection service is the ideal solution for those companies who need the expert support and scalability of an experienced and dedicated quality team, to support their artwork sign-off process in the most cost efficient and robust way possible.

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