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A number of countries require manufacturers of industrial chemicals, pharmaceuticals, veterinary drugs, pesticides, cosmetic products, food products, feed additives, etc., to establish through data that use of these products do not pose any hazards to human health and the environment. Non-hazardous nature needs to be established through studies and data, which will be examined by the regulatory authorities of the concerned countries. Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) is a system, which has been evolved by Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) used for achieving the above goals.
National GLP-compliance Monitoring Authority was established by the Department of Science & Technology, Government of India, with the approval of the Union Cabinet on April 24, 2002. Presently, India enjoys the status of a provisional member of the OECD for GLP. India is an Observer to the OECD’s Working Group on GLP and also a member of the OECD Test Guidelines Programme.
The primary objective of the OECD Principles of GLP is to ensure the generation of high quality and reliable test data related to the safety of industrial chemical substances and preparations in the framework of harmonizing testing procedures for the Mutual Acceptance of Data (MAD).
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Testing & Data 