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Labels and Advice Notes

All veterinary chemical products dispensed by a veterinarian must be appropriately labelled or provided with an advice note. This includes routine dispensing of S4 products, other veterinary chemical products for off-label use and unregistered veterinary chemicals.

Labels and advice notes will include the following information:

• the business name, address and telephone number of the veterinary practitioner
• the date the product was sold
• the species and type (breed, age and sex) of animal to be treated
• the directions for treating the animal with the product
• the WHP for the species treated (if no WHP applies, use the statement, ‘Nil Withholding Requirement’
• the product name (unless it is sold in a container bearing the manufacturer’s label).

If the veterinary chemical product is unregistered, the following additional information must be included on the label or advice note:

• the name of the active constituent
• the concentration of the active constituent.