STATUTORY RULES.

1917. No. 286.

REGULATION UNDER THE COMMERCE (TRADE DESCRIPTIONS) ACT 1905.

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulation under the Commerce (Trade Descriptions) Act 1905 to come into operation on and from the first day of March, 1918.

Dated this 31st day of October, One thousand nine hundred and seventeen.

R. M. FERGUSON,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

J. A. JENSEN,

Minister of State for Trade and Customs.

Amendment of the Commerce Regulations 1913.

(Statutory Rules 1913 No. 347.)

Regulation 8 (fb) of the Commerce Regulations 1913 is hereby repealed and the following Regulation is made in lieu thereof:—

(8) (fb) In the case of antitoxin, serum, or other biological preparations, intended for medicinal, prophylactic, or therapeutic purposes, or for use as, or in the preparation of, articles of food or drink for man, the trade description shall be directly attached to the container and shall include a statement in the English language setting out:—

The name of the institution, corporation, firm, or person by which or by whom the preparation was manufactured;

The exact name of the preparation;

The exact volume or weight of the content;

The date of manufacture;

The date from which the preparation should no longer be used;

If any antiseptic has been added, the nature and percentage of such antiseptic;

In the case of diphtheria and tetanus antitoxic sera (a) the number of immunising units contained in any stated volume expressed in terms of the units adopted by the Hygienic Laboratory of Washington, U.S.A., (b) a statement as to whether the serum has been concentrated;

In the case of bacterial vaccines the identity and number of organisms per cubic centimeter and the maximal doses for administration;

Whether or not the content is free from organisms other than those peculiar to the preparation;

In the case of antitoxin whether or not the content is sterile, or contains any free toxin.

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