STANDARD OF DRUGS.
. MAGISTRATE’S RULING. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, June 19. A judgment of importance to chemists and all who sell goods covered by the Sale of Food and Drugs Act, 1908, was delivered by Mr E. Page, S.M., to-day. A regulation made under that Act and gazetted in 1924 prescribes that drugs which are included in the latest edition, with amendments, of the British Pharmacopoeia shall conform to the descriptions and tests respectively prescribed therein, unless otherwise standardised, and Mr Page’s decision was that the words “latest edition” meant the latest edition at the time the regulations were made, and that, accordingly, the standard required in New Zealand for drugs is that prescribed by the 1914 edition. “If it is* considered desirable to adopt in New Zealand the standard for drugs prescribed in the new 1932 edition, a regulation to that effect can be made,” added the Magistrate. Defendant was Frank Rathbone, a grocer 'and the substance was liquid paraffin. It was held that no offence had been committed.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIV, Issue 170, 19 June 1934, Page 8
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170STANDARD OF DRUGS. Manawatu Standard, Volume LIV, Issue 170, 19 June 1934, Page 8
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