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First Schedule.

Form of containers.

L.N. 22/82.

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Pharmacy and Poisons Regulations

[1987 Ed.

(3) Where any poison (other than a substance included in the First Schedule) is sold in a container and outer covering, being the container and covering in which it was obtained by the seller, it shall be sufficient if the name of the seller and the address of the premises on which it was sold appear only on the outer covering.

(4) Where the names of more than one person or more than one address appear on any label, there shall also be words on the label indicating clearly which person is the seller and at which of the addresses the poison was sold.

18. (1) No person shall sell, whether wholesale or retail, or supply any poison unless-

(a) it is contained in a container impervious to the poison and sufficiently stout to prevent leakage arising from the ordin- ary risks of handling and transport; and

(b) in the case of a liquid contained in a glass bottle or plastic container containing not more than 2 litres, not being a medicine made up ready to be taken for the internal treatment of human or animal ailments, the outer surface of the bottle or container is fluted vertically with ribs or grooves recognizable by touch.

(2) Paragraph (1)(a) shall apply to the transactions referred to in section 28, and paragraph (1)(b) shall apply to the transactions exempted by section 32 but shall not apply to the sale or supply of poisons to be exported to purchasers outside Hong Kong.

Storage of poisons.

First Schedule.

PART IV

STORAGE AND TRANSPORT

19. (1) No person shall 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.

(2) No person shall store any substance included in the First Schedule in any retail shop or premises used in connexion therewith unless the substance is stored-

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1989 (a) in a cupboard or drawer reserved solely for the storage of poisons, which cupboard or drawer shall be fitted with an adequate lock the key for which shall be retained by the registered pharmacist; or and

(b) in a part of the premises to which customers are not permitted to have access and which is partitioned off or otherwise separated from the remainder of the premises.

(3) No food shall be stored in the part of the premises where such poison or substance is stored.