In 1979, Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) regulations became effective under 21 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 58 which apply to all nonclinical safety studies intended to support research permits or marketing authorizations for products regulated by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), including food and color additives, animal food additives, human and animal drugs, medical devices for human use, biological products, and electronic products.
Good laboratory practice (GLP) is a standard by which laboratory studies are designed, implemented, and reported to assure the public that the results are correct and the experiment can be reproduced exactly, at any time in the future.
