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Therapeutic Goods (Listing) Notice 2011 (No. 2)

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This notice permits specific deer antler supplements to be legally sold in Australia as "listed medicines" (a lower-risk category of therapeutic goods).

What products are allowed: Preparations containing deer velvet antler powder or deer velvet antler slice as the active ingredient.

Strict rules apply:

How taken: Oral use only (capsules, tablets, etc. — no injections or creams)
Which animals: Only red deer, elk/wapiti, or crossbreeds of these species
Where from: Only farmed deer raised in New Zealand
Food safety: The deer must be farmed for food under New Zealand's Animal Products Act 1999
Animal welfare: Antlers must be removed according to New Zealand's Animal Welfare Act 1999

Temporary measure: This is a short-term approval only. It automatically expires once permanent regulations are made to formally include these products in the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods.

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Therapeutic Goods Act 1989

Therapeutic Goods (Listing) Notice 2011 (No. 2)

I, ROHAN HAMMETT, National Manager, Therapeutic Goods Administration, delegate of the Minister for Health and Ageing for the purposes of subsection 9A(5) of the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 (the Act) and acting under that provision, require the following therapeutic goods to be included in the part of the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods (the Register) for listed goods:

preparations, for the purpose of Item 3, Part 1 of Schedule 4 to the Therapeutic Goods Regulations 1990 (the Regulations), that contain ‘deer velvet antler powder’ and ‘deer velvet antler slice’ as the therapeutically active ingredient, subject to the following conditions:

(i) the preparations are for oral use only;

(ii) the antlers (including the velvet) are sourced only from red deer (Cervus elaphus), elk/wapiti (Cervus canadensis), or a crossbreed of these species;

(iii) the deer are sourced only from farmed stock bred and raised in New Zealand;

(iv) the deer are sourced only from herds farmed for food in accordance with the Animal Products Act 1999 (New Zealand) and the regulations made under that Act; and

(v) the antlers are removed from the deer only according to the Animal Welfare Act 1999 (New Zealand) and the regulations made under that Act.

This Notice commences on the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.

Pursuant to subsection 9A(6) of the Act this Notice ceases to have effect on the day that amendments to the Regulations come into effect to require inclusion of the therapeutic goods listed in this Notice in the part of the Register for listed goods.

Dated this 30 day of September 2011

(signed by)

Rohan Hammett

Delegate of the Minister for Health and Ageing

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1 Therapeutic Goods (Listing) Notice 2011 (No. 2)

Therapeutic Goods Act 1989

Therapeutic Goods (Listing) Notice 2011 (No. 2)

preparations, for the purpose of Item 3, Part 1 of Schedule 4 to the Therapeutic Goods Regulations 1990 (the Regulations), that contain ‘deer velvet antler powder’ and ‘deer velvet antler slice’ as the therapeutically active ingredient, subject to the following conditions:

(i) the preparations are for oral use only;

(ii) the antlers (including the velvet) are sourced only from red deer (Cervus elaphus), elk/wapiti (Cervus canadensis), or a crossbreed of these species;

(iii) the deer are sourced only from farmed stock bred and raised in New Zealand;

(iv) the deer are sourced only from herds farmed for food in accordance with the Animal Products Act 1999 (New Zealand) and the regulations made under that Act; and

(v) the antlers are removed from the deer only according to the Animal Welfare Act 1999 (New Zealand) and the regulations made under that Act.

This Notice commences on the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.

Dated this 30 day of September 2011

(signed by)

Rohan Hammett

Delegate of the Minister for Health and Ageing