Labelling/packaging therapeutic products
Labelling is part of the Australian system of regulating medicines. The label tells you what you are buying, what it can do for you and how to use it. It provides important information about storage conditions and the expiry date.
Labelling medicines
- Required advisory statements for medicine labels
<http://www.tga.gov.au/meds/rasml.htm> - TGO 69 General requirements for labels for medicines
<http://www.tga.gov.au/docs/html/tgo/tgo69.htm> - Best practice guideline on prescription medicine labelling
<http://www.tga.gov.au/pmeds/pmbestpractice.htm> - A guide to labelling drugs and poisons
<http://www.tga.gov.au/ndpsc/gldap.htm> - Black cohosh (Cimicifuga racemosa)
<http://www.tga.gov.au/cm/0705blkcohosh.htm> - Buying medicines - what's on the label for me?
<http://www.tga.gov.au/docs/html/buymed.htm>
Other labelling information
- TGO 37 General requirements for labels for therapeutic devices
<http://www.tga.gov.au/docs/html/tgo/tgo37.htm> - NDPSC guide to the packaging, labelling and regulation of paints, tinters and related products
<http://www.tga.gov.au/ndpsc/paintgui.htm> - Notices of labelling/packaging exemptions
<http://www.tga.gov.au/label/exemptions.htm>
Packaging
- Tamper-evident packaging
<http://www.tga.gov.au/docs/html/tepguide.htm> - Child-resistant packaging (TGO 65)
<http://www.tga.gov.au/docs/html/tgo/tgo65.htm>- Reminder to sponsors - child-resistant packaging requirements
<http://www.tga.gov.au/packaging/tgo65reminder.htm>
- Reminder to sponsors - child-resistant packaging requirements
- Notices of labelling/packaging exemptions
<http://www.tga.gov.au/label/exemptions.htm> - Development of a best practice guideline on non-reclosable packaging