Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Regulations 1995

The labelling requirements under this clause are met in relation to a substance or a mixture of substances if the following information is included on a label for a container of the substance or mixture, or accompanies the substance or mixture, at the time it is supplied:

the name of the substance or mixture;

instructions for use of the substance or mixture for each species for which it is intended to be used, including:

application or dosage rates for each species; and

the length of the period during which it may be used for each species;

instructions for the safe handling of the product;

a crude or a key nutrient analysis relating to the claims made about the product;

a list of the ingredients in the substance or mixture, ordered by decreasing mass of:

the ingredients; or

if the ingredients are grouped as mentioned in subclause (3)—the grouped ingredients;

the name of, and an address and telephone number for, the party primarily responsible for marketing the product;

a batch number;

an expiry date (or equivalent);

if the claims requirements under clause 6 are met in relation to the substance or mixture only because of paragraph 6(b)—a statement that the substance or mixture is for veterinary supply only;

if the claims requirements under clause 6 are met in relation to the substance or mixture only because of subparagraph 6(c)(ii)—any information required to be included on a label by a standard, rule, code, specification or method set out in EU Commission Directive 2008/38/EC (as in force at the time of the supply) in relation to a claim established under that Directive;

if the current Poisons Standard requires signal words in relation to the supply of the substance or mixture:

the appropriate signal words; and

first aid instructions for the substance or mixture; and

poisons information centre contact details.

Paragraph (1)(b), (c), (d), (e) or (h) is taken to be satisfied in relation to a substance or a mixture of substances if:

the information mentioned in that paragraph is made available for downloading from a website; and

the label or information that accompanies the substance or mixture includes, at the time the substance or mixture is supplied:

the URL of the website; or

another method by which a person may download that information from the website.

For paragraph (1)(e), the ingredients may be grouped in accordance with any of the following standards, rules, codes, specifications or methods as existing at the time of the supply:

the Collective Terms outlined in Chapter 6 (Feed Terms and Ingredient Definitions) of the Official Publication of the Association of American Feed Control Officials;

the Group names outlined in Types 7, 8 and 11 of Section 2 “CODEX Classification of Foods and Animal Feeds” in CODEX Alimentarius Commission, CODEX Alimentarius, Volume 2, Pesticides Residues in Food;

sections 1.2.4—3, 1.2.4—4, 1.2.4—6, 1.2.4—7 and 1.2.4—8 of the Food Standards Code;

any applicable Australian industry code of practice.