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Railings L.O., Ringertz O., Silverstolpe L. Emerfeldt F. (1966) Microbiological contamination of medicinal preparations. 1965 Report to the Swedish National Board of Health. Acta Pharm Suecica, 3,219-228. 

Diet and Exercise," Stockholm National Board of Health and Welfare, 1972, p. 36. 

An analysis of all reports of blood disorders attributed to NSAIDs that were submitted to the Finnish National Board of Health during 1973-85 showed that metamizole was suspected of causing 14 cases of agranulocytosis (three fatal), other pyrazolones four cases, indometacin two cases, and ibuprofen one case (7). 

Without going into more detail it should be pointed out that the NIP mirrors, both in its organization and responsibilities, its counterpart in the European medicines control agencies (the Medicines Control Agency [MCA] in the United Kingdom, the Medical Product Agency [MPA] in Sweden, the medicines part of the National Board of Health in Denmark, etc.). 

Investigations carried out by the Swedish National Board of Health in 1965 revealed some startling findings on the overall microbiological quality of non-sterile products immediately after manufacture. A wide range of products was routinely found... 

Kulling P (2000). The Terrorist Attack with Sarin in Tokyo, Article No. 2000-00-040. Stockholm, Sweden KAMEDO, Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare. 

Medicinal products, cosmetics, explosives, nx)tective chemicals (sUmicides and wood preservatives), pesticides, foodstuffs, food additives, animal feed and feed additives, fertilisers, wastes and chemicals in transit are exempt from the notification provisions of the Chemicals Act. Substances supplied at <10 kg a and polymers which contain <2% of a new substance monomer are also exempt from notification, but are subject to the standard reporting to the National Board of Labour Protection if they are classified as toxic or very toxic . Finally, substances sujqdied at <100 kg a for scientific research or for commercial development to a limit number of customers without tonnage restriction for one year only (which may be extended to 2 years) do not have to be notified, but certain relevant information is required by the National Board of Health. 

Royal Danish School of Pharmacy, Department of Chemistry BC, 2 Universitetspar-ken, DK 2100, Copenhagen, National Board of Health, Drug Standardization Laboratory, 378 Frederikssundsvej, DK 27(X), Brenshej, and Water Quality Institute... 

EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 968 OF 13 DECEMBER 1993 OF THE NATIONAL BOARD OF HEALTH... 

This Executive Order is applicable to establishments and persons authorized by the National Board of Health to handle medicinal products, as well as to pharmacies and hospital pharmacies. 

The samples referred to in subs. (1) and (2) shall be maintained at the disposal of the National Board of Health. 

For other medicinal products manufactured individually or in small quantities, or when their storage could raise special problems, the National Board of Health may permit definition of special conditions for sampling, testing and retaining reference samples of the finished medicinal product. 

In case the contract acceptor is a laboratory that has not been authorized by the National Board of Health for handling medicinal products, the laboratory shall submit to inspections carried out by the National Board of Health. 

The manufacturer shall inform the National Board of Health of any defect that could result in a recall or abnormal restriction on the supply in Denmark or in an export country and implement an effective system that makes it possible to recall promptly and at any... 

The control reports referred to above, sorted in chronological order, and the register shall be retained for at least 6 years and be available to the National Board of Health during this period. 

In the case of imported immunological veterinary medicinal products, the importer shall ensure that representative samples of each batch are retained in sufficient quantities at least until the date of expiry, and shall at request promptly submit them to the National Board of Health accompanied by control reports. 

Veterinary medicinal products shall at least once a year be subjected to a detailed review, by which the records of preparations received and supplied shall be compared to the stocks held, and a report shall be drawn up of any discrepancies. This documentation shall be kept available to the National Board of Health for a period of 6 years. 

The distributor shall have a system which ensures effective implementation of any recall promptly and at any time of the medicinal products in the distribution network ordered by the National Board of Health or in cooperation with the manufacturer, the importer or the... 

The National Board of Health may impose implementation of modifications and lay down time limits for such implementation on any establishment that fails to fulfil the conditions laid down by this Executive Order. 

At request the National Board of Health may communicate the authorization to handle medicinal products referred to in S. 2 to the Commission or any EC Member State. 

Should another Member State consider that the holder of the authorization to handle medicinal products referred to in S. 2 no longer meets the conditions of authorization, and the National Board of Health is informed thereof, the National Board of Health shall subsequently take the measures necessary and inform the said Member State and the Commission of the decisions taken and the reasons therefor. 

The National Board of Health is entitled to grant dispensation from one or more of the provisions laid down by this Executive Order provided it is deemed expedient due to exceptional circumstances. 

In 1982 an application was received by the National Board of Health for an authorization to place table salt fortified with iodine on the market. As food policies were that vitamins and minerals should not be added to food without documentation of a need for this, no authorization was given. However, it was legal to add iodine (mostly 150 pg) to vitamin-plus-mineral tablets, and such supplements were (and are) taken by a considerable part of the population (Knudsen et aL, 2002d). 

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