Apply In-Person:

1. To Obtain Good Manufacturing Practices Audit for Herbal in Ghana, the applicant must go to the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) office contact link
2. Applicants obtain the application form for Good Manufacturing Practices Audit for Herbal.
3. Read carefully through the application forms as there contain different section.
4. The applicant should make sure are eligible for Obtain Good Manufacturing Practices Audit for Herbals by reading through the eligibility criteria that has been listed out under the “Eligibility” of this page.
5. Please make sure you have all the documents that are the listed down the '’Required Documents of this page.
6. Please complete each section of this application form as a Word document then submit printed version of the completed form along with the copies of the supporting documents (listed below) to the FDA regional and district office or the head office.
7. Payment of appropriate fees should be made and that can be found under the "Fees" section of this page.
8. The FDA will dispatch an inspector to the facility premises for inspection to determine if Good Distribution Practice (GDP) and Good manufacturing practice and Good Storage Practice (GSP) during storage and dispatch of product that quality control, and quality assurance of the products is practise.
9. If the Expert committee formed by the FDA are satisfied that all the conditions are meet as required for the application, you will be notified of the outcome and issued with the license / permit by the register/authorized official.
10. The processing time for this procedure takes 1 to 2 months.

• Attach a cover letter
• Attach valid certificate of pharmaceutical product from the country of origin.
• Valid manufacturing authorization from the country of origin and good manufacturing practice certificate.
• Valid manufacturing contract agreement between the applicant and manufacturer.
• Loan license manufacturing a valid manufacturing contract agreement
• Supporting documentation from the competent drug regulatory authority for the manufacturing license.
• Copy of certificate suitability of the European pharmacopeia (CEP) including any annexes(if applicable)
• Chemical pharmaceutical documentation
• Clinical study reports
• Nonclinical study reports for new chemical entities only

Cover Letter Addressed To:
The Chief Executive, Food and Drugs Authority
P.O. Box CT 2783, Cantonments – Accra GHANA.
Return Completed Form To:
Chief Executive Officer, Food and Drugs Authority,
17 South Legon Commercial Areas, SHIASHIE, ACCRA.
Contact link

Location: Accra
Address: Food and Drugs Authority
Health consultant in Accra, Ghana. 17 Nelson Mandela Ave, Accra, Ghana.
JRG9+2Q Accra, Ghana
Contact number- +233 30 223 3200
Location link

• Ghanaians and non –Ghanaians are eligible.
• Companies/organization must have registered in FDA.

Please see the fees on the website Link

Explain the time until which the certificate/document is valid.
e.g. Birth Certificate Valid Forever

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• The processing time for this procedure takes 1 to 2 months.

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• The main regulatory standard for ensuring pharmaceutical quality is the Current Good Manufacturing Practice (CGMPs) regulation for human pharmaceuticals. Consumers expect that each batch of medicines they take will meet quality standards so that they will be safe and effective. Most people, however, are not aware of CGMPs, or how FDA assures that drug manufacturing processes meet these basic objectives.

• Application number
• Date of submission of the dossier
• Name of the first evaluator
• Name of the second evaluator
• Date of first evaluation
• Date of second evaluation
• Number of files and CD received
• Particulars of the product
• Trade name/property of the product
• Approved/international non-proprietary name (INN)/Generic name of the active pharmaceutical ingredient (API)
• Strength of API per unit dosage of the product
• Commercial presentation of the product
• Nature and content of container
• Description of the product
• Herbal medicines (VM) prescription
• Pharmacological classification
• Indication
• Proposed shell life and storage conditions
• Name and address of the applicant
  • Name
  • Company name
  • Address
  • Country
  • Telephone
  • Telefax
  • E-mail
• Name and complete address of the manufacture of the active pharmaceutical ingredients
  • Name
  • Company name
  • Address
  • Country
  • Telephone
  • Telefax
  • E-mail
• Manufacturing and marketing authorization /international registration status
• Name and complete address of the authorized local representative of the applicant (local agent)
  • Name
  • Company name
  • Address
  • Country
  • Telephone
  • Telefax
  • E-mail
• Prescribing information
• Product information for health professionals
• Patient information leaflet
• Labelling (outer and inner labels)
• Sample of the product as per FDA sample schedule
• Batch number of the FPPs used in
• Declaration

• The certification helps in ensuring maintenance of the best level of hygiene and quality of the products, which further helps in increasing the confidence of customers in the quality of the products.

• A consumer usually cannot detect (through smell, touch, or sight) that a drug product is safe or if it will work. While CGMPs require testing, testing alone is not adequate to ensure quality. In most instances testing is done on a small sample of a batch (for example, a drug manufacturer may test 100 tablets from a batch that contains 2 million tablets), so that most of the batch can be used for patients rather than destroyed by testing.
• Therefore, it is important that drugs are manufactured under conditions and practices required by the CGMP regulations to assure that quality is built into the design and manufacturing process at every step.
• Facilities that are in good condition, equipment that is properly maintained and calibrated, employees who are qualified and fully trained, and processes that are reliable and reproducible, are a few examples of how CGMP requirements help to assure the safety and efficacy of drug products.

Please explain what are other uses of obtaining this document/certificate.
e.g. Birth Certificate can be used as proof of identity.

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