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THE POISONS LIST ORDER, 1962 was made under section 17(5) of the Pharmacy
and Poisons Act, 1933. It adds certain substances to the Poisons List, the
substances added to Part I being specified in Schedule 1, para.(i), and those
added to Part II in article 1(b) para.(ii) of Schedule 1 makes a change of
nomenclature, not a change of substance.
The complete list, as amended by this Order, is set out in Schedule 2,
the poisons which appear in the list for the first time and the poison which
appears under a new name (prolintane) being printed in heavy type.
THE POISONS RULES, 1962 were made under section 23 of the Pharmacy and
Poisons Act, 1933. They amend the Poisons Rules, 1960, as amended by the
Poisons Rules, 1961.
Rule 1 of these Rules effects a change in the description of the class of
officer in the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food authorised by Rule 16
of the principal Rules (as defined in Rule 4 of these Rules) to issue authorities
for the sale of certain poisons for the purposes specified in the rule.
Under the amendments effected by Rule 2 of these Rules, it will no longer
be permitted to sell by retail sodium and potassium arsenites except for the
purposes specified in the new para.(2A) now added to Rule 16 of the principal
Rules in particular, sale in the form of potato haulm destroyers will no
longer be permitted.
The principal amendments effected under Rule 3 of these Rules impose
appropriate requirements and restrictions on the sale of substances now added
to the Poison List by the Poisons List Order, 1962 Schedule 1 to the
principal Rules, as amended by these Rules, is set out in Schedule 2 to these
Rules, and Schedule 4 to the principal Rules, as so amended, is set out in
Schedule 3 to these Rules, in both cases substances appearing for the first
time and in one case (prolintane) under a new name, and amendments to existing
entries being printed in heavy type. Schedule 4 to these Rules contains
miscellaneous amendments to other Schedules to the principal Rules.
PHARMACY AND MEDICINES ACT, 1941 The provisions of this Act which a local
authority has power to enforce, relate to the prohibition of the publication
of advertisements concerning certain diseases, to the prohibition of the
publication of any advertisement relating to abortion and to the disclosure of
certain information as to the composition of medicines.
The following is a summary of the work carried out under the Food and
Drugs Act, 1955:-
Inspections
Registered Food Premises 1,845
Other Food Premises 1,023
Stalls 663
Markets 606
Food 244
Dairies and Milk Distributors' Premises 567
Investigations
Food Complaints 49
Food Poisoning cases 27
Sampling
Samples - formal 301
Samples - informal 277
Graded Milks 380
Tuberculin Tested (Raw) Milk 31
Ice cream (for bacteriological examination) 126
Notices served
All types of Food Premises 43