Therapeutic Goods Order No. 64 - Standard for Tampons - Menstrual (21/07/1999) (Cth)

Therapeutic Goods Order No. 64 - Standard for Tampons - Menstrual

as amended

made under section 10 of the

Therapeutic Goods Act 1989

This compilation was prepared on 22 May 2007
taking into account amendments up to Therapeutic Goods Order No. 64A - Amendment to Therapeutic Goods Order No. 64 - Standard for Tampons - Menstrual

Prepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting and Publishing,
Attorney-General’s Department, Canberra

Therapeutic Goods Order No. 64

Standard for Tampons - Menstrual

I, TERRY SLATER, delegate of the Minister of State for Health and Aged Care and acting

Under Section 10 of the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989, having consulted with the Therapeutic Goods Committee in accordance with subsection 10 (4) of the said Act, HEREBY:

REVOKE, Therapeutic Goods Order 51, “Standards for Tampons – Menstrual”, Gazetted in Gazette No 23 of 14 June 1995; and

DETERMINE that the matters specified in Australian/New Zealand Standard “AS/NZS 2869:1998, Tampons – Menstrual” shall constitute the standard for menstrual tampans, subject to the following additional requirement:

Where no sample size for sampling tampons is stipulated in the Order under paragraphs 6.1, 9, 10.1 & 10.2, a sample size of 13 must not have more than one non‑complier tampon.

This order commences on the date this Order is gazetted.

Notes to the Therapeutic Goods Order No. 64 - Standard for Tampons - Menstrual

Note 1

The Therapeutic Goods Order No. 64 - Standard for Tampons - Menstrual (in force under section 10 of the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989) as shown in this compilation is amended as indicated in the Tables below.

Table of Instruments

Title	Date of notification in Gazette	Date of commencement	Application, saving or transitional provisions
Therapeutic Goods Order No. 64 - Standard for Tampons - Menstrual	28 July 1999 (see Gazette 1999, No. S347)	28 July 1999
Therapeutic Goods Order No. 64A - Amendment to Therapeutic Goods Order No. 64 - Standard for Tampons - Menstrual	5 Sept 2001 (see Gazette 2001, No. GN35)	5 Sept 2002	—

Note 2

The proposed amendment in the Therapeutic Goods Order No. 64A - Amendment to Therapeutic Goods Order No. 64A - Standard for Tampons - Menstrual provides as follows:

Under the heading “Information Leaflet” in Clause 11 of TGO 64, insert after paragraph 11 (b) the following new paragraph:

“(c)    the following statement:

“Please note that tampons are not sterile and neither are your hands or vagina.  
Tampons, while containing very small amounts of bacteria normally present in the air, have not been shown to carry the bacteria which cause Toxic Shock Syndrome (TSS).”

The proposed amendment was misdescribed and is not incorporated in this compilation.