Medicines and Related Substances Act: Registration of oral preparations containing bacterial strains

21st November 2017

The Medicines Control Council, by virtues vested in it by Section 14(2) of the Medicines and Related Substances Act, 1965 (Act 101 of 1965), has by resolution approved by the Minister of Health, determined that, with effect from the date of publication of this notice, all oral preparations which-
(1) contain a bacterial strain(s) as listed in the Schedule hereto, either as such or in combination with any other pharmacologically active ingredient(s); and
(2) make a medicinal claim other than the general health claim provided for their use as a Schedule 0 substance.