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Agvetlink Special Issue for Veterinarians March 2005

Tuberculin Registration Conditions

Historically, tuberculin products were managed as PAR 1. On updating to the ACVM Act it was recognised that this condition restricted use of the product by persons otherwise authorised to use it under section 103 of the Biosecurity Act 1993. The conditions of registration do not need to impose requirements additional to the use allowed under the Pest Management Strategy approved for tuberculosis.

The condition now placed on these products preserves the requirements of PAR products and the need for approved traders but specifically allows persons approved under the Biosecurity Act to purchase and use the products for the purposes of performing allocated cattle and deer tests.

Tuberculin Specific Condition

•    The product must be sold only by an approved trader.

•    The product must be sold only to an approved trader, or to any person with a veterinary prescription or authorisation, or to persons approved under section 103 of the Biosecurity Act 1993.

•    The product must be administered to an animal only by a veterinarian, or under and in accordance with the authority or prescription of a veterinarian, or by persons approved under section 103 of the Biosecurity Act 1993 when applying cattle and deer tuberculin tests.