According to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Principles of GLP and national regulations, good laboratory practices or GLP refers to a system of management which ensures laboratories and research organizations are maintaining consistency and reliability of results. However, good laboratory practice not only is an analytical practice, but is an FDA act.
Objective of GLP is to assure quality, traceability, integrity and validity of test results. It is needed for non-clinical safety studies of developmental drugs, pesticides for agricultural purposes, toxic chemicals and to test substance of explosive hazards.
