Good manufacturing practices (GMP) are the practices required in order to conform to the guidelines recommended by agencies that control authorization and licensing for manufacture and sale of food, drug products, and active pharmaceutical products. These guidelines provide minimum requirements that a pharmaceutical or a food product manufacturer must meet to assure that the products are of high quality and do not pose any risk to the consumer or public.

Good manufacturing practices, along with good agricultural practices, good laboratory practices and good clinical practices, are overseen by regulatory agencies in the United States, Canada, Europe, China, and other countries.feed
Other good practices

Other good-practice systems, along the same lines as GMP, exist:

    Good agricultural practice (GAP), for farming and ranching
    Good laboratory practice (GLP), for laboratories conducting non-clinical studies (toxicology and pharmacology studies in animals)
    Good clinical practice (GCP), for hospitals and clinicians conducting clinical studies on new drugs in humans
    Good regulatory practice (GRP), for the management of regulatory commitments, procedures and documentation
    Good distribution practice (GDP) deals with the guidelines for the proper distribution of medicinal products for human use
    Good transportation practice (GTP) deals with the guidelines for the proper domestic and international transportation of medicinal products for human use
    Good pharmacovigilance practice (GVP) deals with the safety of produced drugs.