Analysis of "harmony but difference"
First, food and drug inspection requires the same qualifications and different requirements.
To carry out food and drug-related inspection and testing, you need to obtain inspection qualification, and drug inspection needs to obtain the qualification of Laboratory Qualification Accreditation before it can be carried out; Food inspection needs to obtain the qualification of "food inspection agency accreditation" before food inspection can be carried out. Accreditation of laboratory qualification includes 24 elements, and accreditation of food inspection institutions includes 8 special elements besides the same conditions as accreditation of laboratory qualification.
Two, food and drug inspection has the same nature, applicable to different directions.
The inspection of food and drugs is all around the inspection and testing work, but the emphasis is different. Food inspection focuses on safety, mainly substances harmful to human body, such as heavy metals, preservatives, additives, toxic and harmful substances, etc. In addition to safety, drug testing should also pay attention to effectiveness. To test its effective substances, it is necessary to test whether each or the main components, especially the content of effective components, meet the standards. In short, food inspection focuses on safety; The key to drug testing is safety and effectiveness.
Three, food and drug inspection standards, the scope of application of standards is different.
Both food inspection and drug inspection must be carried out in accordance with inspection standards. The standard of food inspection is formulated according to the classification of food, which can be summarized as "one standard and many categories" or "many categories and one standard". For example, food heavy metal inspection standards are applicable to catering food, agricultural products, seafood and so on. That is, one standard applies to many kinds of food; Drug inspection is carried out according to China Pharmacopoeia, while China Pharmacopoeia is compiled according to drug names, * realizing "one product and one standard", that is, one drug name corresponds to one standard.
Four, the technical means of food and drug inspection are the same, but the degree of "batch inspection" is different.
The inspection of food and medicine needs the help of relevant instruments and equipment, such as high performance liquid chromatograph, gas chromatograph, ultraviolet photometer and so on. Most food inspection standards are "one standard and multiple types", and the pretreatment and inspection conditions in the inspection process are the same. One-time inspection can be carried out on the corresponding inspection instruments and equipment, that is to say, all kinds of foods covered by a food standard can be inspected in batches, while the drug inspection standard is "one product and one standard"
Five, the food and drug inspection process is the same, and the inspection and distribution methods are different.
The inspection process of food and drugs needs pretreatment, and then the inspection is carried out with the help of relevant instruments and equipment. However, the test allocation method is different. Generally, food inspection focuses on inspection items, and inspection setup and task assignment are project-oriented, while drug inspection focuses on "variety" inspection, and inspection setup, task assignment and experimental flow are variety-oriented, that is, completing the inspection of a variety.
The above information is about food testing and drug testing, and is compiled by Baijian Food Testing Platform. I hope I can help you and adopt it.