LIST OF POISONOUS SUBSTANCES ORDER

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 458.10

LIST OF POISONOUS SUBSTANCES ORDER

28th July, 1967

GOVERNMENT NOTICE 510 of 1967.

The title of this Order is List of Poisonous Substances

Order.

(Article 2)

LIST OF POISONOUS SUBSTANCES

Alkaloids the following: their salts, simple or complex ; their

quaternary compounds

Aconite, alkaloids of, except substances containing less

than 0.02 per cent. of the alkaloids of aconite

Atropine, except substances containing less than 0.15 per

cent. of atropine or not more than one per cent. of atropine

methonitrate

Belladonna, alkaloids of, except substances containing

less than 0.15 per cent. of the alkaloids of belladonna

calculated as hyoscyamine

Brucine, except substances containing less than 0.2 per

cent. of brucine

Calabar bean, alkaloids of

Codeine, except substances containing less than two per

cent. of code

Colchicum, alkaloids of, except substances containing

less than 0.5 per cent. of the alkaloids of colchicum

calculated as colchicine

Coniine, except substances containing less than 0.1 per

cent . of coniine

Cotarnine, except substances containing less than 0.2 per

cent. of cotarnine

Curare, alkaloids of; curare bases

Emetine, except substances containing less than one per

cent. of emetine

Ephedra, alkaloids of, except substances containing less

than one per cent. of the alkaloids of ephedra

Ergot, alkaloids of, whether hydrogenated or not; their

homologues; any salt of any substance falling within this item

Gelsemium, alkaloids of, except substances containing

less than 0.1 per cent. of the alkaloids of gelsemium

Homatropine, except substances containing less than 0.15

per cent . of homatropine

Hyoscine, except substances containing less than 0.15 per

cent. of hyoscine

Hyoscyamine, except substances containing less than

0.15 per cent. of hyoscyamine

Jaborandi, alkaloids of, except substances containing less

than 0.5 per cent. of the alkaloids of jaborandi

Lobelia, alkaloids of, except substances containing less

than 0.5 per cent. of the alkaloids of lobelia

Nicotine

Papaverine, except substances containing less than one

per cent. of papaverine

Pomegranate, alkaloids of, except substances containing

less than 0.5 per cent. of the alkaloids of pomegranate

Quebracho, alkaloids of, except alkaloids of red

quebracho

Sabadilla, alkaloids of, except substances containing less

than one per cent. of the alkaloids of sabadilla

Solanaceous alkaloids, not otherwise included in this list,

except substances containing less than 0.15 per cent. of

solanaceous alkaloids calculated as hyoscyamine

Stavesacre, alkaloids of, except substances containing

less than 0.2 per cent. of the alkaloids of stavesacre

Strychnine, except substances containing less than 0.2

per cent. of strychnine

Veratum, alkaloids of, except substances containing less

than one per cent. of the alkaloids of veratum

Yohimba, alkaloids of

Antimonial substances, except substances containing less than

the equivalent of one per cent. of antimony trioxide

Apomorphine; its salts; except substances containing less than

0.2 per cent. of apomorphine

Arsenical substances, except substances containing less than the

equivalent of 0.01 per cent. of arsenic trioxide and except

dentrifices containing less than 0.5 per cent.of acetarsol

Barium, salts of

Cantharidin, except substances containing less than 0.01 per

cent. of cantharidin

Cantharidates, except substances containing less than the

equivalent of 0.01 per cent . of cantharidin

Carbarsone, except substances containing not more than 0.0375

per cent. of carbarsone

Chloroform, except substances containing less than ten per cent

of chloroform

Concentrated mineral acids

Digitalis, glycosides and other active principles of, except

substances containing less than one unit of activity (as

defined in the British Pharmacopoeia) in two grammes of the

substance

Fluoroacetamide; fluoroacetanilide

Formaldehyde, except substances containing less than five per

cent., weight in weight, of formaldehyde (H.CHO)

Formic acid, except substances containing less than five per

cent., weight in weight, of formic acid (H.COOH)

Guanidines, the following

polymethylene

diguanidines;

di-p-anisyl-p-

phenetylguanidine

Hydrocyanic acid, except syrup of wild cherry B.P.C. and

substances containing less than 0.15 per cent., weight in

weight, of hydsocyanic acid (HON); cyanides, except

substances containing less than the equivalent of 0.1 per

cent., weight in weight, of hydrocyanic acid (HON); double

cyanides of mercury and zinc

Iodine crystals

Nalorphine; its salts

Nux vomica, except substances containing less than 0.2 per cent.

of strychnine

Oxalic acid; metallic oxalates

Phenols; except (a) medicines containing less than one per cent.

o f p h e n o l s , (b ) n a s a l s p r a y s , m o u t h w a s h e s , p a s t i l l e s ,

lozenges, capsules, pessaries, ointments or suppositories

containing less than 2.5 per cent. of phenols, and (c) soaps for

washing

Phosphorus, yellow

Picric acid, except substances containing less than five per cent.

of picric acid

Picrotoxin

Potassium hydroxide, except substances containing less than

twelve per cent. of potassium hydroxide

Sodium ethyl mercurithiosalicylate, except substances

containing less than 0.1 per cent. of sodium ethyl

mercurithiosalicylate

Sodium fluoride; except substances containing less than three per

cent. of sodium fluoride as a preservative, dentifrices

containing not more than 0.3 per cent. of sodium fluoride and

mouth wash tablets containing not more than 0.2 per cent. of

sodium fluoride

Sodium hydroxide, except substances containing less than twelve

per cent. of sodium hydroxide

Sodium nitrate, except substances containing less than 0.1 per

cent. of sodium nitrate

Strophantus, glycosides of

Tartar emetic, unless diluted more than 1 in 44

Thallium, salts of

Zinc phosphide, except preparations for the destruction of rats

and mice

The list of substances which are to be considered as

poisonous substances is set out in the Schedule to this Order.