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Medicines Act

(CHAPTER 176, Section 3(4)(c))

Medicines (Non-medicinal Products) (Consolidation) Order

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G.N. No. S 259/1984

REVISED EDITION 1990

(25th March 1992)

Citation

1. This Order may be cited as the Medicines (Non-Medicinal Products) (Consolidation) Order.

Definition of “medicinal products”

2. For the purposes of the Act, “medicinal product” shall not include any of the following substances or products:

(a)	anti-wrinkle or rejuvenation substances which do not contain any ingredient specified in the Poisons Act [Cap. 234]; [S 313/88 — 14.10.1988]
(b)	substances used for the treatment of freckles and age-spots which do not contain any ingredient specified in the Poisons Act;
(c)	sunscreen substances which do not contain any ingredient specified in the Poisons Act;
(d)	face cleansers which help to prevent pimples and acnes (excluding those for the treatment of pimples) which do not contain any ingredient specified in the Poisons Act;
(e)	substances used for the treatment of nappy rash and prickly heat which do not contain any ingredient specified in the Poisons Act;
(f)	ginseng tea;
(g)	garlic pills;
(h)	high protein preparations or substances used for slimming;
(i)	oyster, yeast or mushroom extracts;
(j)	herbal tea drinks;
(k)	anti-dandruff preparations which do not contain any ingredient specified in the Poisons Act;
(l)	health foods with vague or general medicinal claims;
(m)	sweets for relieving cough and throat irritations;
(n)	staminade powder;
(o)	mouthwashes and gargles for bad breath and for general oral hygiene;
(p)	substances used for bleaching and to reduce pigmentation which do not contain any ingredient specified in the Poisons Act; and
(q)	Phisoderm (oily and normal formulations). [S 259/84 — 5.10.1984]