# The Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2005, Paragraph 5: The product


(1) The veterinary medicinal product must not be an antibiotic.
(2) It must not contain any narcotic or psychotropic substance.
(3) If it contains an active substance contained in a veterinary medicinal product authorised in the United Kingdom as a product that can only be prescribed by a veterinary surgeon, a product containing that active substance must have been so authorised for at least five years.
(4) It must not be intended for treatments or pathological processes that require a precise prior diagnosis or the use of which may cause effects that impede or interfere with subsequent diagnostic or therapeutic measures.
(5) The requirement that a veterinary medicinal product may only contain an active substance specified in the table in paragraph 4 does not apply in relation to a veterinary medicinal product on the market at the time this Schedule comes into force until 1st November 2007.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/2745/schedule/6/paragraph/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/veterinary-medicines-regulations-2005/schedule-6/paragraph-5
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