Minimum standards for procurement, storage and distribution are stipulated in items 2.3.1 to 2.3.7 above and must where applicable be met. Additional minimum standards for wholesale pharmacies or Good Pharmaceutical Wholesale Practice (GPWP) are prescribed in the guidance document: Good Manufacturing Practice for Medicine in South Africa (GN R7659 of 2 May 2004), published by the MCC, as well as in Good Wholesale Practice for Wholesalers, Distributors and Bonded Warehouses (MCC 6 June 2003).

Minimum standards for 'distributors' are not provided in this GPP document and more information in this regard must be obtained from the MCC.