Notice No. 1153
Pursuant to section 3 (1) of the Animal Remedies Act 1967, and on the recommendation of the Animal Remedies Board, I hereby give notice:
(1) That the animal remedies listed in the Schedule below are exempted from the requirement of section 19 (2) (c) that the percentage of each ingredient be included in a licence application;
(2) That the animal remedies listed in the Schedule below are exempted from the requirement of section 31 (2) (e) that the percentage of each ingredient be entered in the register of licences.
For the purposes of this notice:
Non-medicated means:
A product that does not contain pharmacological or therapeutic substances.
Nutritional preparation means:
A compounded mix of nutrients or nutrients and food additives.
Food additive means:
A non-nutrient substance added to a food of animals to improve the preservation, digestion, colour, palatability, texture, or nutritive value of food.
Nutrient means:
A nourishing substance given orally including, but not limited to-
(a) a constituent substance of a food that is necessary
for or contributes to the natural and normal physiological function and metabolic homeostasis
of an animal; and
(b) proteins, carbohydrates, fats, oils, minerals,
vitamins and water, and their naturally occurring components.
Nutritional benefit means:
A contribution to the normal physiological function and metabolic homeostasis of an animal achieved by oral provision of nutrients.
Homoeopathic preparation means:
A product prepared by a process of solution, extraction or titration of an active ingredient followed by strict regimented serial dilution.
Herbal preparation means:
A product prepared from either any part of a plant or an unrefined extract of a plant.
Companion animals:
Cats, dogs, rabbits, birds and other species of animals that are normally maintained for companionship rather than food - or pharmaceutical - production purposes. Horses and other equines are not considered to be companion animals.
Schedule of animal remedies exempted from sections 19 (2) (c) and 31 (2) (e) of the Animal Remedies Act 1967
? Non-medicated nutritional preparations intended for oral administration to an animal to achieve a nutritional benefit.
? Oral and topical homoeopathic preparations that do not claim to prevent, treat or cure a specific disease characterised by pain or distress in animals.
? Oral and topical herbal preparations, except those containing any part of a plant or an unrefined extract from a plant that is a prohibited plant*, that do not claim to prevent, treat or cure a specific disease characterised by pain or distress in animals.
? Non-medicated anti-diarrhoea preparations.
? Oral laxatives and lubricants.
? Cauterising preparations.
? Urinary tract modifiers (acidifers and alkalinisers) that are oral preparations used solely for modification of urinary pH in companion animals, where they are packaged for sale in dosage-related packages appropriate for the animal for which the animal remedy is recommended.
? Respiratory tract modifiers which have only a locally acting, superficial effect on the respiratory tract, and that are given orally, applied topically to the nose or inhaled; and are used solely in companion animals to promote mucolysis, cough suppression (by alleviation of irritation only), and relieve compromise of airways and upper respiratory tract congestion; where they are packaged for sale in dosage-related packages appropriate for the animal for which the animal remedy is recommended.
* Prohibited plant list
Abrus precatorius seed and root
Acorus calamus
Amanita (all or any species)
Anadenanthera peregrina
Argyeia nervosa
Aristolochia (all or any species)
Banisteriopsis caapi
Cannabis
Catha edulis
Conocybe (all or any species)
Crotalaria (all or any species)
Cynoglossum officinale
Erythroxylum coca
Haemadictyon (all or any species)
Heliotropium (all or any species)
Ipomoea burmanni (Rivea corymbosa)
Ipomoea hederacea
Ipomoea violacea (Ipomoea tricolor)
Lophophora (all or any species)
Opuntia cylindrica
Papaver bracteatum
Papaver somniferum
Peganum harmala
Petasites (all or any species)
Piptadenia macrocarpa
Piptadenia peregrina
Psylocybe (all or any species)
Pteridirun aquilinum
Sophora secundiflora
Stropharia cubensis
Strychnos gaulthieriana
Strychnos ignatti (Ignatia amara)
Virola sebifera for external use
Dated this 3rd day of April 2000.
JIM SUTTON, Minister of Agriculture.