Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-12-02
MEDICINES IN ITALY.
Regulations Governing Their impor'
tation and Sale.

| Consul General Hector de Castro, oil
! home, furnishes report on Italian Gus
| tom house regulations governing impor'
tations into the Kingdom of medicine
. and medicinal preparations. Tho Consul
Genera! furnishes Il translation of a civ
! cuiar published by tie Ministry of the
! Interior regulating the importation oi
/ the class Of articles mentioned. The cir
cular follows:
| IL accordance with the circular of Jan
| 2. 1866, no medicinal spccialties may lie
! introduced or sold in the Kingdom cXcepl
| hv previous approval OF the superior
! Board of Health.
| For the guidance. therefore. Of all in
| tercsted parties, and in order 10 avoid
| delay and damage in the granting OF
| their applications. the following general
! instructions are published as II the mod
us operan1i for obtaining such approval
The applications must be directed &c
| the Ministry Of the Interior and must
: indicate the formula. quality and guam
tity Ct the medicinal product. the irsti-
tutc or the laboratory where the same
was Irep2rcd. They must also give 4
general IDEA Of the method Of manufac-
turing. The formula Of composition or the
indication OF the PRINCIPAL corpOnents
in their respective quantities must con-
form to the provision Of article :. Of the
law on public health and hygiene now in
force, and must be reproduced upon tn
package. the product imported. ana in the
notices TO the public.
The therapeutic benefits attributed to
the product must also be specified in the
application. and to this effect it is well
to remind that the said article - of the
Sanitary Law. applicable in every sense
also to the foreign products to be sold II
| the Kingdom, prohibits ahsolutel,- tbs
attlibutinE to medicinal substances and
therapeutic qualities other than thost
! that they really have and pertaining to
| their comronentS.
1t will lastly be necessary tkat the
applications contain an explicit declara-
| ton to the effect that the products OF
| import have been manufactured by au-
| thOriZed persons. institutions or labora-
tories, and in accordance with the exist
| ing laws of the country of production.
Should the law of that country preScrih1
| that prior to the sale of the determined
declarat ton that the same was observed,
with favorable results. must be pro-
| duced.
A sample Of the medicinal speciality
must he presented with the application,
! and it would be advisable to furnish also
all the notices. acts and certificates which
might place the Superior Board of Health
| in better condition to promptly and with
ful knowledge to express its decision.
and as the Superior Board. in the in
terest of public health. shall have to as
| certain il the laws of the country of
| origin have been observed in regard to
the medicinal products imported. it will
be advisable that the interested importers
furnish in the most satisfactory manner
| the proof of the observance Of such
laws.
Article - of the law on public health
referred to in the regulations as to the
importation Of medicinal provides:
Whoever shall sell or distribute sub
stances or preparations advertised as
remedies or secret specific now approved
by the Superior Board of Health. or who
ever shall sell or distribute remedies and
attribute to them upon the labels or by
advertisement Il different comnosition
than their real ono and virtues or spe-
cial therapeutic qualities not recognized
by the said Superior Board. shall be
punished with q fine of not less than
$40 and. in case of second offense. with
imprisonment up to L. days