Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Regulations 1995

1

Animal feed products that incorporate an excluded nutritional or digestive product, if:

(a) the container for the animal feed product is labelled in accordance with the instructions on the label for the container for the excluded nutritional or digestive product; and

(b) the excluded nutritional or digestive product is incorporated at a rate of use in accordance with the label for the container for the excluded nutritional or digestive product; and

(c) the claims made for the animal feed product do not exceed the claims made for the incorporated nutritional or digestive product.

2

Medicated stockfoods and medicated premixes, if:

(a) any veterinary chemical product that is incorporated in the medicated stockfood or medicated premix:

(i) is a registered chemical product; and

(ii) is incorporated at a rate of use in accordance with the approved label for containers for that registered chemical product; and

(b) the container for the medicated stockfood or medicated premix is labelled in accordance with the instructions on the approved label for that registered chemical product

3

Excluded nutritional or digestive products

4

Colour intensifiers for aviary birds

5

Any bitterant product for application to a building, piece of equipment or other object, that:

(a) is solely for reducing or preventing animals that are not food producing species from biting or chewing the building, piece of equipment or other object; and

(b) contains no antiseptic, antimicrobial, antibiotic or other active constituent other than a bitterant

6

Any product applied topically to the teeth, hair, fur or intact skin of an animal to cosmetically alter the animal’s appearance or odour, that:

(a) contains no antiseptic, antimicrobial, or antibiotic active constituent, and

(b) is solely for cosmetic purposes; and

(c) is not claimed to have any benefits other than cosmetic benefits; and

(d) is not supplied or used for any therapeutic benefit other than to cosmetically alter the animal’s appearance or odour

7

Any product for topical application to an animal to provide a physical barrier, that:

(a) is chemically inert; and

(b) does not act by biochemical means; and

(c) is not a teat sealant; and

(d) contains no antiseptic, antimicrobial, antibiotic or other active constituent; and

(e) is not claimed to have any effect other than as a physical barrier

8

Any autograft, allograft or xenograft product supplied to veterinary surgeons for surgical procedures, except blood, blood products, stem cells or stem cell products

9

Any product for use as an extender for sperm, ova or semen, if:

(a) the product contains no ingredients other than antibiotics, albumins, electrolytes, amino acids, EDTA, buffers or stabilising agents; and

(b) any antibiotic in the product is not at a concentration greater than 0.1 mg/mL or 0.1mg/g

10

Any product for topical application to an animal to act as a lubricant, that:

(a) is chemically inert; and

(b) does not act by biochemical means; and

(c) is not a teat sealant; and

(d) contains no antiseptic, antimicrobial, antibiotic or other active constituent; and

(e) is not claimed to have any effect other than as a lubricant

11

Semen, ova or embryos if represented, supplied or used for the purpose of reproduction

12

Whole vertebrate animals if represented, supplied or used for a purpose mentioned in subsection 5(2) of the Code