The government is now operating in accordance with the Guidance on Caretaker Conventions, pending the outcome of the 2025 federal election.
Listed medicine ingredients and requirements for their use have been updated in the Therapeutic Goods (Permissible Ingredients) Determination (No. 3) 2020 - external site, which commenced on 15 August 2020. This determination replaces the previous instrument, the Therapeutic Goods (Permissible Ingredients) Determination (No. 2) 2020. - external site
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A complete list of changed ingredients is below.
Changed ingredients
| Ingredient | Change type | Change reason |
|---|---|---|
| CARAPICHEA IPECACUANHA | Change | Clarification of requirements |
| Change of name from JUNIPERUS MEXICANA to JUNIPERUS DEPPEANA | Change | Update to ingredient name |
| CITRULLUS COLOCYNTHIS | Change | Clarification of requirements |
| ETHYL PHENYLGLYCIDATE | Addition | Clarification of requirements |
| EUPHORBIA LATHYRIS | Change | Clarification of requirements |
| FRAXINUS EXCELSIOR | Change | Clarification of requirements |
| GUAIACWOOD ACETATE | Removal | Removal of redundant ingredient name (synonym) |
| MUCUNA PRURIENS | Change | Clarification of requirements |
| PERILLA FRUTESCENS | Change | Clarification of requirements |
| VICIA FABA | Change | Clarification of requirements |