Frequently Asked Questions

Ariel Laboratories is fully compliant in Good Manufacturing Practices, and prides itself on the consistent delivery of high-quality product. Clients are always welcome to inspect our processes, and Ariel Laboratories maintains an open-door policy to accommodate on-site visits. Please don’t hesitate to ask.

OTC & SPF drugs are produced at Ariel under close scrutiny by the United States Food & Drug Administration. Ariel Laboratories is registered with the FDA. Compliance is a daily task, involving ongoing long-term studies and record-keeping to assure that the dose of delivery is reliable from batching to packaging, to long term stability in the package itself.

Every kettle, utensil, filling line and all other systems have a sanitization procedure that is followed according to protocol and documented into a log for every batch made. This log is open to scrutiny and may be a matter of record should a look back be required. This is all part of Good Manufacturing Practices.

Filling and Assembly is done according to the specifications set for each product. Both production managers and the in-house mechanical teams have years of experience and professional know-how to assure the proper completion of each production run.

Our Quality Assurance (QA) team is comprised of skilled and highly trained individuals in every aspect of the cosmetic manufacturing process. In our labs, batches are measured and tested to assure that they meet product specifications. All batches are sampled for Microbiological contamination. OTC batches are assayed to assure that all the active ingredients are present in the levels as designed to meet precise specifications. The production lines have their own team of QA people that sample products as they are filled to assure consistent fills, labeling and packaging specifications. The entire facility is periodically swabbed and checked microbiologically, to assure the reasonable microflora of the environment. All this is performed to maintain control and to record each and every lot of product produced at Ariel Laboratories.

Yes. In most instances the minimum is 2,500 depending on the SKU.

No. Based on the unique requirements of each client, every formulation is custom developed. However, we do maintain a library of starting-point formulations.

Once we receive a purchase order, most orders take approximately 12-to-14 weeks to complete.