UNSPSC 51461540: Ephedra
Commodity
Code facts
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NIGP codes for 51461540
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| 26964 Herbal Drugs |
Definition
This classification is an herbal drug, a product which US FDA regulates as an active or moiety under Unique Ingredient Identifier 51QBA3IQ91, and which bears Integrated Taxonomic Information System Serial Number 505858. European Medicines Agency schedules Safrole in its eXtended EudraVigilance Medicinal Product Dictionary or XEVMPD under Index SUB13682MIG. Under the World Customs Organization Harmonised System, ephedra is scheduled in 13021920.
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The United Nations International Drug Control Programme's Technical Services Branch, in accordance with and support of the 1988 Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances, and Article 12 thereof, in conjunction with scientific findings Clandestine Manufacture of Substances under International Control, has determined, based on collateral research in Canada, Japan, and the United States, that this commodity (ephedra) is a precursor in manufacture of Amfetamine and Metamfetamine (See Scientific and Technical Note SCITEC/11).
For US verification, see US Drug Enforcement Administration's Ephedra's Role as a Precursor in the Clandestine Manufacture of Methamphetamine (DEA Western Laboratory), ISSN 0022-1198 and Federal Register Volume 62, Number 107 (Wednesday, June 4, 1997), Dietary Supplements Containing Ephedrine Alkaloids (Section 1.A, Characteristics of Ephedrine Alkaloids). Also see Health Canada Monograph 268 and restatement of Canada's Precursor Control Regulations (PCR) (JC 2010) and ephedra's relevance thereto.
Under EU regulations, ephedra is governed by Regulation (EC) No 273/2004 (rules for the monitoring of trade between the Community and third countries in drug precursors) and Official Journal L 022, 26/01/2005 P. 0001-0010. Under US regulations, ephedra is governed by Title 21 Code of Federal Regulations, 1309, 1310.02, and 1313. Under Canadian regulations, ephedra is governed by Controlled Drugs and Substances Act subsection 55(1) (S.C. 1996, c. 19) and Precursor Control Regulations (SOR/2002-359), P.C. 2002-1615 2002-09-24.
About UNSPSC 51461540
UNSPSC 51461540 Ephedra is a Commodity code that captures procurement of ephedra and ephedra-derived products for state and local use. The source material contains no recent state and local contract opportunities tagged to this code.
Without representative solicitations in the available record, no issuing bodies, geographic concentration, or response dates can be identified from current activity under this code.
Quick answers
What is UNSPSC 51461540?
UNSPSC 51461540 is Ephedra, a commodity in UNSPSC 51000000, Pharmaceutical Products incl. Contraceptives and Vaccines.
Which NIGP codes match UNSPSC 51461540?
UNSPSC 51461540 maps to 1 NIGP code, 26964 Herbal Drugs.
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