Good manufacturing practice

How it is used

Almost always shortened to GMP and often used in the plural: good manufacturing practices. GMP covers things like handwashing, jewelry rules, glass control, maintenance and record keeping, and forms the base that HACCP stands on. People say 'GMP audit', 'GMP training' or 'that's not GMP'.

Example sentences

1. Good manufacturing practice does not allow watches or rings in the production area.

2. All new operators receive good manufacturing practice training in their first week.

Common collocations

• GMP audit
• GMP training
• GMP requirements
• follow GMP
• current good manufacturing practice (cGMP)

Related terms

• prerequisite programA basic hygiene or operating condition, such as cleaning, pest control, staff hygiene or maintenance, that must be in place before a HACCP system can work.
• hygieneThe conditions and practices, such as cleaning, handwashing and protective clothing, that prevent food from being contaminated by people, equipment or the environment.
• HACCPHazard Analysis and Critical Control Points: a preventive system that identifies food safety hazards and controls them at specific steps of production, based on seven principles.
• auditA planned, systematic check of a factory, its documents and its practices by an auditor to see whether they meet a standard, a customer's requirements or the law.
• sanitationThe cleaning and sanitizing of equipment, surfaces and the whole plant so that dirt, food residues and microorganisms are removed or reduced to safe levels.

More terms: Regulations and Standards

• traceability
• recall
• Codex Alimentarius
• maximum residue limit
• food fraud