Hong Kong Regulations

PHARMACY AND POISONS REGULATIONS - REGULATION 13

Labelling of name of poison

(1) For the purposes of section 27(a) and regulation 22(3)(a), the name of a
poison shall be the term under which it is included in the Poisons List:
Provided that, where the term describes a group of poisons and not the poison
specifically, the name of the poison shall be-

   (a)  if the poison is the subject of a monograph in either the
        British Pharmacopoeia, the British Pharmaceutical Codex or the
        British  Veterinary Codex, one of the names or synonyms or abbreviated
        names set out at the head of the monograph; or

   (b)  in any other case, the accepted scientific name or the name
        descriptive of the true nature and origin of the poison.

(2) For the purposes of the proviso to paragraph (1), where-

   (a)  a substance is the subject of a monograph in the British 
        Pharmacopoeia, the British Pharmaceutical Codex or the
        British Veterinary  Codex, or any dilution, concentration or admixture
        of such substance; or

   (b)  a preparation is contained in the British Pharmacopoeia, the
        British Pharmaceutical Codex, the British National Formulary or the
        British Veterinary Codex, or any dilution, concentration or admixture
        of such preparation; or

   (c)  a surgical dressing of a type for which a standard is prescribed in
        the British Pharmaceutical Codex, it shall be sufficient to state the
        name, synonym or abbreviated name used to describe the substance,
        preparation or surgical dressing with the addition of the letters
        B.P., B.P.C., B.N.F. or B. Vet.C., as the case may be.