As their companies progress to operate under a single quality framework with a common set of quality and compliance elements, these actions help to make sure the highest quality products on which their customers have relied for more than a century, continue to be available. Each Johnson & Johnson operating company is expected to make sure that:

Products meet safety and quality requirements and perform as required throughout their shelf life

All products and ingredients they purchase from suppliers meet their requirements

Changes to materials, product labeling, packaging, processes, systems, facilities, methods and equipment are reviewed and approved before they are made

Procedures are in place to prevent diversion of their products from their intended distribution channels and to protect them from counterfeiting (Johnson & Johnson, 2012).

Their companies work closely with health authorities, various standard setting bodies, and professional organizations worldwide to be sure their quality systems are up-to-date...
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