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other poisons among which are certain poisons added to the Poisons List by the
Poisons List Order, 1960. The requirements of section 19 (3) of the Pharmacy
and Poisons Act, 1933 (which requires particulars of medicines supplied or
dispensed under that section to be entered in a book) are relaxed by Rule 8 in
the case of certain prescriptions given by a registered dentist. The
provision of Rule 7 (3) (c) of the Poisons Rules, 1952, requiring that an
article to which Rule 7 (3) applies which is sent by post should be sent by
registered post, is omitted. Rule 16 is amended so that a certificate
authorising the purchase of monofluoroacetic acid or its salts is required to
state the quantity authorised to be purchased and so that the seller is required
to retain the certificate. Rule 22 (3) (which provides that where a poison
other than a poison included in the First Schedule is sold in the container and
outer covering in which it was obtained by the seller the name and address of
the seller need appear only on the outer covering) is now extended to all
poisons. There is added to the Seventh Schedule a new paragraph, paragraph 9,
requiring the labelling of certain medicines for the prevention of motion
sickness. Certain insertions have been made in the First and Fourth Schedules
in order to impose appropriate restrictions in respect of the poisons added to
the Poisons List by the Poisons List Order, 1960 Certain other changes have
been made in the lists of substances in respect of which restrictions or
requirements are imposed by virtue of the various Schedules, and account has
been taken of changes of nomenclature and classification.
The following is a summary of the work carried out under the Food and
Drugs Act, 1955: -
Inspections
Registered Food Premises 1,940
Other Food Premises 1,119
Stalls 480
Markets 300
Food 280
Dairies and Milk Distributors' Premises 388
Investigations
Food Complaints 30
Food Poisoning cases 33
Sampling
Samples - formal 336
Samples - informal 321
Graded Milks 520
Ice Cream (for bacteriological examination) 93
Notices served
All types of Food Premises 71