{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/veterinary-medicines-regulations-2005/schedule-1/paragraph-47",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/veterinary-medicines-regulations-2005/schedule-1/paragraph-47.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2005/2745",
  "legislation_title": "The Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/veterinary-medicines-regulations-2005",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/47",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "47",
  "heading": "Labelling with all the information on the immediate packaging",
  "text": "(1) If it is reasonably practicable to do so, the following must be provided on the immediate packaging, in legible characters—\n(a) the name, strength and pharmaceutical form of the veterinary medicinal product;\n(b) the name and strength of each active substance, and of any excipient if this is required under paragraph 2 of the summary of product characteristics;\n(c) the route of administration (if not immediately apparent);\n(d) the batch number;\n(e) the expiry date;\n(f) the words “For animal treatment only” and if appropriate, “To be supplied only on veterinary prescription”;\n(g) the contents by weight, volume or number of dose units;\n(h) the marketing authorisation number;\n(i) the name and address of the marketing authorisation holder or, if there is a distributor authorised in the marketing authorisation, that distributor;\n(j) a suitably labelled space to record discard date (if relevant);\n(k) the target species;\n(l) the distribution category;\n(m) the words “Keep out of reach of children”;\n(n) storage instructions;\n(o) the in-use shelf-life (if appropriate);\n(p) for food-producing species, the withdrawal period for each species or animal product concerned;\n(q) any warning specified in the marketing authorisation;\n(r) disposal advice;\n(s) full indications;\n(t) dosage instructions;\n(u) contra-indications;\n(v) further information required in the marketing authorisation;\n(w) if the product is one that requires a dose to be specified for the animal being treated, a space for this.\n(2) If all this is on the immediate packaging, there is no necessity for any outer packaging or a package leaflet.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/2745/schedule/1/paragraph/47",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:49:34.048072+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}