Across all product lines, our product quality is assured through rigorous internal standards and regulated by laws in the countries where we operate. In addition:
- Customer health and safety is guided by detailed product inserts describing the proper storage, use, handling, and disposal of the specific product, as well as material safety data sheets, certificates of analysis and quality, product protocols, user guides, and other information.
- Our quality systems mandate that every label on a unit of our product and the accompanying information undergoes rigorous internal reviews for accuracy, quality, ethics, clarity, and compliance before distribution.
- Our product and packaging sustainability guidelines specify the appropriate use for designations such as percentage pre- or post-consumer recycled content, recyclability, specific plastic designations, and Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) labeling.
- Our web-based data harmonization system ensures all our product labels and certifications look and feel the same regardless of their facility or country of origin and addresses requirements of the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals.
Environmental Health
We create a range of essential health-related products for the life science industry, including tools for drug discovery, custom antibody test kits, research reagents, and a variety of filtration, purification and chromatography products. Although our largest market segment is life science, Millipore provides a number of products for important environmental applications, such as groundwater, aerosol, and microbiological sampling and testing, as well as water filtration. These products help customers comply with regulatory requirements for monitoring, testing, and remediation, and maintain the safety and quality of their products. Biotechnology companies use our filter-based products to improve manufacturing productivity, ensure drug quality and scale up the production of difficult-to-manufacture biologics.