WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 1975
NEW PHARMACY AND POISONS REGULATIONS
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THE SALE AND MANUFACTURE OF ALL PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS IN HONG KONG WILL BE SUBJECT TO CONTROL UNDER NEW REGULATIONS DRAWN UP BY THE PHARMACY AND POISONS BOARD FOLLOWING A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF THE EXISTING PROVISIONS.
THIS WAS STATED BY THE DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, DR. THE HON. GERALD CHOA, AT THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL THIS AFTERNOON WHEN HE MOVED THE RESOLUTIONS IN RESPECT OF THE PHARMACY AND POISONS REGULATIONS 1975 AND THE POISONS LIST REGULATIONS 1975.
INCLUDED IN THE NEW PROVISIONS, HE SAID, IS A REQUIREMENT FOR ALL PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS, WHETHER THEY INCLUDE POISONS OR NOT, IMPORTED INTO OR MANUFACTURED IN HONG KONG, TO BE REGISTERED BEFORE THEY CAN BE OFFERED FOR SALE.
+THE AIM OF THIS IS TO SAFEGUARD THE PUBLIC AGAINST COUNTERFEIT AND SUB-STANDARD MEDICINES WHICH USUALLY ORIGINATE FROM UNKNOWN SOURCES,+ HE SAID.
ANOTHER PROVISION IS THAT ALL LOCAL PHRAMACEUTICAL MANUFACTURERS WILL HAVE TO BE LICENSED.
THIS, DR. CHOA EXPLAINED, WILL ENABLE THE BOARD TO EXERCISE APPROPRIATE CONTROL AND SUPERVISION AND TO ENSURE THAT ALL MEDICINES MANUFACTURED LOCALLY ARE UP TO A RECOGNISED STANDARD AND MANUFACTURERS WILL BE REQUIRED TO HAVE THEIR PRODUCTS ANALYSED.
PROVISION HAS ALSO BEEN MADE FOR THE DETAILS OF THE COMPOSITION OF MEDICINES TO BE PRINTED ON THEIR CONTAINERS.
+THIS IS TO PROHIBIT THE SALE OF MEDICINES OF UNSPECIFIED CONTENT AND IS AN ADDITIONAL MEASURE FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE PUBLIC,+ SAID DR. CHOA.
NO CHANGE HAS BEEN MADE REGARDING THE SALE OR MANUFACTURE OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINES AS LISTED IN THE CHINESE HERBAL MATERIA MEDICA,
HOWEVER, IF A PRODUCT CONTAINS MEDICINE NOT LISTED IN THIS CHINESE HERBAL MATERIA MEDICA. IT WILL BE SUBJECT TO CONTROL UNDER THE NEW REGULATIONS, AND IT WILL BE AN OFFENCE FOR ANY PERSON TO SELL SUCH AN UNREGISTERED PRODUCT.
IN THE CASE OF LOCAL PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS, THE BOARD WILL HAVE THE POWER TO ISSUE CERTIFICATES TO THE EFFECT THAT THESE PRODUCTS ARE UP TO THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION'S RECOMMENDED STANDARDS.
DR. CHOA SAID THIS WOULD BE A SERVICE TO MANUFACTURERS WHICH HE HOPED WOULD ASSIST IN PROMOTING AND FACILITATING EXPORT.
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