GLP Organisation for Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD) Principles of Good Laboratory Practice (GLP)

The OECD is an international organisation that works to establish evidence-based international standards and find solutions to a range of social, economic, and environmental challenges.

The OECD Principles of GLP are applicable to test facilities performing (non-clinical) studies that will be submitted to authorities for the purposes of assessing the health and environmental safety of chemicals and chemical products.

They also define the responsibilities of test facility management, study director, study personnel, and quality assurance personnel operating within a GLP system. In addition, standards concerning the suitability of organisations and equipment to perform studies, the need for standard operating procedures, documentation of raw data, study reports, and the archiving of records.

The OECD Principles of GLP ensure the generation of high quality and reliable test data related to the safety of test items, such as pharmaceuticals, pesticides, and veterinary drugs. The principles have been created in the context of harmonising testing procedures for the Mutual Acceptance of Data (MAD).

This process also ensures that duplicated testing and barriers to trade can be avoided, time and resources saved, all while improving the protection of human health and the environment.

Australian recognition by NATA for compliance with the OECD Principles of GLP is available to any Australian facility performing non-clinical health and environmental safety studies for regulatory purposes.

GLP recognition is available for the agribusiness (pesticides; herbicides; veterinary chemicals), pharmaceutical, food, medical devices, cosmetic, and industrial chemicals sectors.