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Properties, Suitability 20/07/2023

Suitability – Add Constraint for Acute Toxicity

Suitability – Add Constraint for Acute Toxicity The acute toxicity hazards e.g. Harmful if swallowed H302, Harmful in contact with skin H312, are based on LD50 calculations and do not have a TFV hazard. Therefore, if we want to avoid these hazards in application, we cannot use a ‘Property Maximum’ condition and instead need to use the condition ‘Limit Property Minimum’ targeted at the Acute Toxicity Estimate (ATE) Properties. Example 1: Avoid Toxic / Fatal if Swallo...

Items, Suitability 20/07/2023

Suitability – Add Exceptions Based on Application

Suitability – Add Exceptions Based on Application Some clients may ‘ban’ an ingredient from being used in their products, except they allow it for specified applications. For example, they may ban ingredient ethanol from their products, except if the product will be used in an application of alcoholic drinks or fine fragrance. You can reflect this situation in Suitability Management, using ‘Exceptions’. As a summary the exceptions have to be exactly equivalent to th...

Parties, Suitability 20/07/2023

Suitability – Add Exclusivity Constraint

Suitability – Add Exclusivity Constraint This constraint can be used if you have a product which is exclusive to a customer or group of customers (e.g. different divisions of the same company or a client and their third-party manufacturer) and should not be submitted to other customers. Exclusivity is required to be a global constraint because it must check all parties to determine compliance. Add a New Suitability Constraint Select which formulation(s) is required to be exclusive for whic...

Properties, Suitability 20/07/2023

Suitability – Ban lower level allergens on a Label (EUH208)

Suitability – Ban lower level allergens on a Label (EUH208 for CLP) This constraint can be used if you have a customer or group of customers who want to prevent lower level allergens appearing on their product label due to the CLP requirement for EUH208. An example of EUH208 is ‘Contains Citral. May produce an allergic reaction’. To the customer or group of customers with this requirement, add a Suitability Constraint as follows: Add a constraint with a ‘Property Maximum&...

Items, Parties, Suitability 20/07/2023

Suitability – Customer raw materials allowed

Data Import and New Property (for Customer ‘allowed’ raw materials and suitability) Background Sometimes a customer provides a list of allowed raw materials, meaning any other ingredients are prohibited within their formulations. Formpak can help in this scenario by: Importing the status of ‘allowed’ for each raw material Advising on properties, so the status for a formulation can be calculated from the status of the raw materials Advising on suitability, so that during p...

Administration, Documents & Reports, Parties, Suitability 20/07/2023

Region Settings

Region Settings You can view region settings by search for “View a Region”. Choose from the drop down list to select the region you wish to see. Information shown will include the code, name and country of the language, format details and date last modified. To edit these settings go to “Manage Region Settings”. Use the drop down box to select a region. Settings such as number, date and time format can be modified. It is possible to change additional settings: RTL: Tick t...

Administration, Suitability 20/07/2023

Failed to request data from the server – Error when using Check Suitability

Failed to request data from the server – Error when using Check Suitability This error occurs if the TO for whom the suitability check is associated with has no Parties Belonged to and can be fixed by using Modify a TO, and adding one or more Parties Belonged To. Further information When you perform ‘Suitability Check’ you can include a party, application and dosage, these are optional. You must include an item and the TO. The default TO is shown as standard and you can change...

Classification, Documents & Reports, Items, Suitability 20/07/2023

Find Matching Items Tips

Tips on how to use Finding Matching Items Find Matching Items can be used to find pretty much anything! You can combine different criteria in the search, check suitability and print the results in a format you choose. A few tips to follow for some of the search areas: NAME: You can use ‘wild cards’ in the Name search to closer match what you were after. Examples: “rose” means “rose”(in upper or lower case) anywhere “=rose” means begins with “...

Suitability 20/07/2023

Batch Import Suitability Constraints

Batch Import Suitability Constraints Batch Import Sutability Constraints can be used to import Sutability Constraintsinto Formpak. The Sutability Constraintsto be imported are contained in a zip file. Save the item zip file to a convenient location, e.g. the desktop of your computer Go to ‘Batch Import Sutability Constraints‘ Select ‘Choose File‘ and select the item zip file Press the ‘Import‘ button Sutability Constraints will be imported and results will be...

Classification, Items, Suitability 20/07/2023

Adding a New Application

Process for adding a New Application Go to Add a New Application Enter a Code for the application e.g. “PC/SOAP” Enter a Name for the application e.g. “Personal Care Soap” Add a description if required Add a Base Item if required Choose if the application ‘Belongs To’ another Application, such as “Personal Care” Choose if the application has ‘Belonging Applications’ such as ‘Liquid Soap’ or ‘Bar Soap’ Click Save...