Manufacturing and Quality Control blog

Hand washing is considered one of the safest and easiest health practice for preventing the spread of germs and bacteria. Anti–bacterial and non-antimicrobial hand soaps have vastly improved over the years, adding new features such as anti-bacterial, and scented with fresh scent and flavours. Anti-bacterial hand soaps originated inside clinical areas such as hospitals, doctor’s office, dentist's office however are now available to the public as well. Consumers are becoming more and more concerned with the spread of bacteria and infection. When importing anti-bacterial or non-antimicrobial soap from China, it is essential to have various ASTM tests performed by a qualified quality control specialist.

Understanding the manufacturing process of tissues is key in laying out a quality control program for such items.

The key to properly inspecting shampoo is to know its ingredients and be able to test for these ingredients in a lab.

A key step in the quality control inspection of a diaper is to ensure that the fiber/polymer ratio in the absorbent pad is acceptable. Manufacturers has consistently proven that the fiber to particle ratio will be in the range of 75:25 to 90:10. Another step is to ensure the size and distribution of these particles are acceptable. A particle size larger than 400 microns work well with the fibers. If the particles vary outside this acceptable range, gel blocking will occur.

Deodorant is one of the personal products in China that is being manufactured at a cheaper quality due to cheaper raw material costs. Deodorant inspections are rarely being performed during each stage of the process. It's crucial to ensure product inspection is being carried out through every stage, even during the manufacturing process.

Warnings and rumors about a dangerous chemical in Chinese toothpaste made its way around the Internet starting on June 1rst 2007. The warnings and rumors were indeed true. According to the FDA ( The America's Food and Drug Administration ) , toothpaste manufactured in China could contain a poisonous chemical that's labeled as residual diethylene glycol (DEG). DEG is used as ingredient in anti-freeze and is used as a solvent. This is the main reason toothpaste inspections in China is crucial.

Every component used in the manufacturing of baby wipes must pass various baby wipe inspection and quality control check points during manufacturing.

Enormous volumes of eyewear products such as spectacle lenses, frames, and sunglasses are outsourced from China each year. While outsourcing has been profitable for most optical distributors, a number fell into unwanted complications such as product recalls. These problems could have been easily averted if only appropriate inspection protocols were utilized.

Outsourcing contact lenses from China has been an increasing trend in the recent years. Ophthalmic product manufacturers in the region have grown significantly in terms of research and development and production capabilities. However, regulations on these products have become more stringent as well. To counter this, it is extremely important that the most relevant inspection processes are utilized.

The price tags of gas products outsourced from China are considerably lower than those imported from other countries. Even with shipping costs factored in; these products could still provide substantial profit or savings for importers. Since quality and safety are major concerns when dealing with gas products, it is important that a third party inspector in China should physically represent buyers, if they are not able to do it themselves.