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SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 458.10
LIST OF POISONOUS SUBSTANCES ORDER
28th July, 1967
GOVERNMENT NOTICE 510 of 1967.
Title.
Order.
List of poisonous 
substances.
2. The list of substances which are to be considered as
poisonous substances is set out in the Schedule to this Order.
SCHEDULE
(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
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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
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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.
of phenols, ( b ) nasal sprays, mouthwashes, pastilles,
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
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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
