A manufacturer and importer of veterinary medicinal products mentioned in 1° and 2° of article R. 5142-1 has one or more quality control departments. This department or these departments are placed under the authority of a suitably qualified person who is hierarchically independent of the other heads of department.
The quality control department has one or more control laboratories with sufficient staff and equipment to carry out the necessary checks and tests on raw materials and packaging items as well as checks on intermediate and finished products.