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Schedule Q

Gives the list of dyes, colors and pigments permitted to be used in cosmetics and soaps.

No drug should contain a colours other than specified specified by the Bureau of Indian Standards below :

(1) Natural Colours:- Carotene, Chlorophyll, Red Oxide of Iron, Yellow Oxide of Iron,Titanium Di-oxide, Black Oxide of iron

(2) Artificial Colours:- Caramel

(3) Coal Tar Colours



Schedule R

✓ Standards for condoms made of rubber latex intended for single use and other mechanical contraceptives.

✓ Eg. Condom, Cu-T, etc

✓ Label contain:•

- The date of manufacture.

- The date up to which the contraceptive is expected to retain its properties.


Schedule Ra

✓ Standards for medical devices.

✓ The following medical device shall conform to the Indian Standards specification laid down from time to time by the Bureau of Indian Standards:

1. Sterile Disposable Perfusion sets for single use only

2. Sterile Disposable Hypodermic Syringes for single use only

3. Sterile Disposable Hypodermic Needles for single use only