Section 6. Section 10 of the Republic Act No. 3720 is hereby amended by adding thereto the following subsections:

"(o) "Batch" means a quantity of any drug or device produced during a given cycle of manufacture.

(p) "Batch number" means a designation printed on the label of a drug or device that identifies the batch, and permits the production history of the batch including all stages of manufacture and control, to be traced and reviewed.

(q) "Director" means Director of the Bureau of Food and Drugs.

(r) "Distribute" means the delivery or sale of any drug or device for purposes of distribution in commerce, except that such terms does not include a manufacturer or retailer of such product.

(s) "Expiry or expiration date" means the date stated in the label of a drug or device after which the drug is not expected to retain its claimed safety, efficacy and quality or potency or after which it is not permissible to sell the drug or device.

(t) "Export" means to bring out of the Philippines by sea, land or air.

(u) "Import" means to bring into the Philippines by sea, land or air.

(v) "Manufacture", in relation to a drug, or device where applicable, means any and all operations involved in the production of a drug or device including preparation, processing, compounding, formulating, filling, packing, repacking, altering, ornamenting, finishing and labeling with the ends of view of its storage, sale or distribution; Provided, That the term shall not apply to the compounding and filling of prescriptions in drugstores and hospital pharmacies.

(w) "New veterinary drugs" means drugs intended for use for animals including any drug intended for use in animal feeds but not including animal feeds within the contemplation of the implementing rules and regulations."