This document specifies the technical requirements, inspection methods, inspection rules, packaging, labeling, transportation, storage and shelf life requirements for glycyrrhizic acid. This document applies to the dry roots and rhizomes of the leguminous plants Glycyrrhiza glabra, Glycyrrhiza radix and Glycyrrhiza glabra as raw materials, which are processed through water extraction, sulfuric acid (or hydrochloric acid) acidification precipitation, ethanol extraction, ammoniation, crystallization, ion exchange, Glycyrrhizic acid made through concentration, drying and other processes.