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  "title": "The Medicines (Cyanogenetic Substances) Order 1984",
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  "long_title": "This Order extends the application of those provisions of the Medicines Act 1968 specified in Article 2 of the Order to preparations which are not medicinal products but are either presented for sale or supply as, or as containing, amygdalin, laetrile or vitamin B17 or contain the cyanide-producing substances mentioned in Article 1(2)(b) of the Order. The provisions which are so applied relate to the administration of the Act, dealings with products (including sale, supply and importation), the packaging and promotion of products, criminal offences created to enforce those provisions, and miscellaneous and supplementary provisions. Part II of that Act relating to the licensing of products is not applied.",
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