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DRUGS ACT 1908 - SECT 21

21—Mixed articles for sale or in stock to be labelled

No person shall manufacture, expose for sale, or keep or store for the purpose of trade or commerce, any drug that is mixed with or adulterated with any foreign substance, or is not in accordance with the standards of this Act, unless the vessel, tin, bottle, package, or other receptacle containing the same has affixed to it a label distinctly and legibly written or printed as in section 24.

If the defendant satisfies the court that the drug which is the subject matter of the prosecution was contained in an unopened vessel, tin, bottle, package, or other receptacle and was purchased by him from any manufacturer, importer, or wholesale dealer in South Australia named by the defendant, and that the defendant had no reason to believe that such drug was mixed with or adulterated with any foreign substance, or was not in accordance with the standards prescribed by this Act, the complaint shall be dismissed.

Penalty: Not exceeding one hundred dollars.



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