Source: sfda.gov.cn

02-24-2009 17:39

The Good Agricultural Practice for Chinese Crude Drugs (Interim) was passed by the State Drug Administration at the administration affairs meeting on March 18 of 2002, is hereby promulgated and shall go into effect as of June 1, 2002.

Zheng Xiaoyu

Director- General of State Drug Administration

April 17, 2002

Good Agricultural Practice for Chinese Crude Drugs (Interim)

Chapter I General Provisions

Article 1 The Good Agricultural Practice (GAP) for Chinese Crude Drugs is formulated to regulate the production of Chinese crude drugs, ensure their quality and facilitate the standardization and modernization of traditional Chinese medicines.

Article 2 This GAP provides the basic principles for the production and quality management of Chinese crude drugs and is applicable to producers of Chinese crude drugs (hereinafter referred to as producers) for the entire production process of Chinese crude drugs (from plant or animal origin).

Article 3 Producers should adopt standardized management and quality control to protect resources of natural crude drugs and the ecological environment, and realize sustainable utilization based on the principle of “maximum sustainable yield”.