Therapeutic Goods Order No. 69 - General requirements for labels for medicines (27/08/2001)
5Expression of potency in biological products
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5 Expression of potency in biological products
5(1) (a) The potency of liquid biological products or biological products which are required to be prepared before use must be included on labels and must be expressed as potency units or weight of active ingredient per dose or per unit volume or as the volume which contains the recommended dose.
(b) The potency unit to be used must be the International Unit (IU) established by the World Health Organisation.
5(2) The potency of probiotic biological products must be included on labels and must be expressed as the number of each probiotic organism per dose unit.