1. This Circular guides the order, procedures and conditions for taking drug samples (finished drugs, raw materials and auxiliary materials for drug manufacture) in order to determine the quality.

2. This Circular applies to agencies, organizations and individuals involved in drug sample-taking activities and concerned drug production and trading enterprises.

3. In production and business activities, establishments may apply the appropriate contents of this Circular to take samples for testing at various stages of their production, preservation and delivery process. base or between establishments. Basing themselves on the provisions of this Circular, the heads of establishments may set other specific provisions on drug sampling to suit the requirements of good medicine production practice and good medicine preservation. basis.