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List of Scheduled Poisons

Poisons included in the Poisons' List to which special restrictions apply unless exempted by Regulation 7 of the Poisons' Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1983:

  • Aldicarb
  • Alpha-chloralose
  • Aluminium phosphide
  • Arsenic; its compounds, except substances containing less that the equivalent of 0.0075% of arsenic
  • Barium, salts of (other than barium sulphate)
  • Bromomethane
  • Carbofuran
  • Chloropicrin
  • Cycloheximide
  • Dinitrocresols (DNOC); their compounds with a metal or a base; except winter washes containing not more than the equivalent of 5% of dinitrocresols
  • Dinoseb; its compounds with a metal or a base
  • Dinoterb
  • Drazoxolon; its salts
  • Endosulfan
  • Endothal; its salts
  • Endrin
  • Fentin, compounds of
  • Fluoroacetic acid; its salts; fluoroacetamide
  • Hydrogen cyanide, except substances containing less than 0.15%, weight in weight, of hydrogen cyanide (HCN); metal cyanides, other than ferrocyanides and ferricyanides, except substances containing less than the equivalent of 0.1%, weight in weight, of hydrogen cyanide (HCN)
  • Lead, compounds of, with acids from fixed oils
  • Magnesium phosphide
  • Mercuric chloride, except substances containing less than 1% of mercuric chloride; mercuric iodide except substances containing less than 2% of mercuric iodide; nitrates of mercury except substances containing less than the equivalent of 3%, weight in weight, of mercury (Hg); potassio-mercuric iodides except substances containing less than the equivalent of 1% of mercuric iodide; organic compounds of mercury except substances, not being aerosols, containing less than the equivalent of 0.2%, weight in weight of mercury (Hg).
  • Methomyl
  • Nicotine; its salts; its quaternary compounds
  • Oxamyl
  • Paraquat, salts of
  • Phosphorus compounds, the following:

Azinphos-methyl

Chlorfenvinphos

Demephion

Demeton-S-methyl

Demeton-S-methyl sulphone

Dialifos

Dichlorvos

Dioxathion

Disulfoton

Fonofos

Mecarbam

Mephosfolan

Methidathion

Mevinphos

Omethoate

Oxydemeton-methyl

Parathion

Phenkapton

Phorate

Phosphamidon

Primiphos-ethyl

Quinalphos

Thiometon

Thionazin

Triazophos

Vamidothion

  • Strychnine; its salts; its quaternary compounds; except substances containing less than 0.2% of strychnine
  • Thallium, salts of
  • Thiofanox
  • Zinc Phosphide
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