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[r. 35 cont.]
Pharmacy and Poisons.
does not exceed 0.01% per weight of the total ingredients in the case of arsenic and strychnine and 0.1% in the case of other poisons. This enables a listed seller to sell certain proprietary articles in general demand by the public if sold in the form as supplied by the manufacturer (which shall not include a listed seller).
(The following is a summary of the requirements).
Requirements applying to all listed sellers of Part II Poisons.
(1) The sale must be effected on the premises specified in the registrar's list.
(2) The container of the poison must be labelled with the various particulars and in the manner required by paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of section 19 of the Ordinance and regulations 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19.
Special labelling cautions in the case of certain articles (regulation 19).
(3) No poison may be sold except in containers which comply with the requirements of regulation 21.
(4) It is unlawful to store any poison except in a container impervious to the poison and sufficiently stout to prevent leakage from the container arising from the ordinary risks of handling (regulation 22).
(5) Any poison consigned for transport must be sufficiently stoutly packed to avoid leakage arising from the ordinary risks of handling and transport (regulations 23 and 24).
(6) No poison, other than ammonia, hydrochloric acid (spirits of salts), nitric acid, potassium quadroxalate (salts of lemon) and sulphuric acid, may be sold by a listed seller except in a closed container as closed by the manufacturer or other person from whom the poison was obtained (regulation 13).
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