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Listed medicine ingredients and requirements for their use have been updated in the Therapeutic Goods (Permissible Ingredients) Determination (No. 4) 2022, which commenced on 02 August 2022. This determination replaces the previous instrument, the Therapeutic Goods (Permissible Ingredients) Determination (No. 3) 2022.
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A complete list of the 32 changed ingredients is below.
Changed ingredients
| Substance name | Change |
|---|---|
| EPA-rich Nannochloropsis oculata oil | Addition |
| Vanillin acetate | Addition |
| (-)-Menthyl methyl ether | Addition |
| Bittern | Change |
| Cascarilla oil | Change |
| Clove bud oil | Change |
| Clove leaf oil | Change |
| Clove stem oil | Change |
| Colchicum autumnale | Change |
| Disodium edetate | Change |
| Estrone | Change |
| Ethohexadiol | Change |
| Glyceryl trinitrate | Change |
| Isoeugenol | Change |
| Isophorone | Change |
| Mercuric chloride | Change |
| Mercury | Change |
| Methyl methacrylate crosspolymer | Change |
| Octylbicycloheptenedicarboximide | Change |
| Oxalic acid | Change |
| Phosphorus | Change |
| Piperonyl butoxide | Change |
| Polymethyl methacrylate | Change |
| Potassium bromide | Change |
| Progesterone | Change |
| Schoenocaulon officinale | Change |
| Silver | Change |
| Sodium bromide | Change |
| Star anise oil | Change |
| Styrene | Change |
| Trinitrophenol | Change |
| Methyl methacrylate | Removal |