Therapeutic Goods (Poisons Standard—October 2024) Instrument 2024
26Approved name and quantity, proportion or strength
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26 Approved name and quantity, proportion or strength
(1) The approved name of the poison and a statement of the quantity, proportion or strength of the poison in accordance with section 34 must be:
(a) if the poison is for human therapeutic use—written on the main label in accordance with the standards for the goods specified in orders made under subsection 10(1) of the Act; or
(b) if the poison is not for human therapeutic use—written in bold‑face sans serif capital letters on the main label, unless:
(i) a list of approved names is required; and
(ii) it is impractical to include the list on the main label; and
(iii) it is included on another part of the label in accordance with an authorisation given by an appropriate authority.
(2) If the poison is included in Schedule 5 and is referred to in column 1 of an item of the following table, the appropriate name in column 2 of that item may be used as the approved name.
- Appropriate names for poisons
- Item Column 1 Poison Column 2 Appropriate name
- 1 Alkaline salts Alkaline salts
- 2 Amines for use as curing agents for epoxy resins (unless separately specified in the Schedules) Aliphatic amines or aromatic amines
- 3 Epoxy resins, liquid Liquid epoxy resins
- 4 Hydrocarbons, liquid Liquid hydrocarbons
- 5 Quaternary ammonium compounds Quaternary ammonium compound(s)
(3) If a poison contains a mixture of designated solvents in excess of 25% of the total volume of the poison but the proportion of one or more individual designated solvents in the mixture is equal to or less than 25%, the approved names of those solvents may be expressed as follows:
(a) where the designated solvent is a liquid hydrocarbon—as “liquid hydrocarbons”;
(b) where the designated solvent is a ketone—as “ketones”;
(c) in any other case—as “solvents” or “other solvents”.