Therapeutic Goods (Poisons Standard—June 2024) Instrument 2024
20Cautionary statement—burns skin and throat
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20 Cautionary statement—burns skin and throat
If the poison is an alkaline salt in a dishwashing machine product, the cautionary statement:
BURNS SKIN AND THROAT
(a) on a separate line or lines immediately below the cautionary statement “KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN” as required by section 18; and
(c) in letters at least four‑tenths the height of the letters used for the signal word; and
(d) with nothing, other than a class label as specified in the Australian Dangerous Goods Code, written on the same line or lines of the main label.