Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

1995 No. 27 AGRICULTURAL AND VETERINARY CHEMICALS CODE REGULATIONS - REG 10

10. (1) For the purposes of paragraph 14 (3) (d) of the Code (which deals with
the grant or refusal of applications), a veterinary chemical product for
bovine intramammary infusion that contains any antibiotic substance must
comply with this regulation.

(2) The veterinary chemical product must contain:

   (a)  the dye marker Brilliant Blue FCF (Index number 42090 in the third
        edition, 1971, of the Society of Dyers and Colourists Colour Index);
        or

   (b)  another dye marker approved by the NRA.

(3) The quantity of dye marker contained in the veterinary chemical product
must be sufficient:

   (a)  to colour the milk of an animal infused with the product; and

   (b)  to enable the applicant to satisfy the NRA:

        (i)    that the dye marker will remain in the milk for the duration of
               the withholding period in respect of the milk; and

        (ii)   that, at the visual end-point, 95 per cent of the
               antibiotic substance has been excreted.

(4) Each dose of the product for bovine intramammary infusion must not exceed
10 mL.

(5) In this regulation, "antibiotic substance" includes sulfonamides,
trimethoprim and any anti-microbial substance, but does not include any
immunobiological substance.