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the SSA is required for the importation of pesticides, plant nutrients, and toxic or hazardoussubstances that are a health risk.4.5. Authorization for Sale or SupplyMedicines and other health materials, narcotics, psychotropic substances and productsthat contain them, as well as pesticides, fertilizers, and toxic or hazardous substances,must have a sanitary authorization for their sale or supply.The importation of persistent and biocumulative pesticides of any chemical compositionwill only be authorized when they are not a hazard to human health and there is noadequate substitution for them. However, the SSA, by a ruling that will be published inthe Official Federal Gazette, can determine that pesticides and plant nutrients will notrequire a sanitary authorization for their importation.184C H A P T E R X4.6. Other Rules Applicable to Specific ProductsBased on what is established in the LGS in relation to the sanitary regulation of products,the regulation of the following products should be mentioned: health medicines andproducts, alcoholic beverages and tobacco, food and non-alcoholic beverages, and otherproducts also regulated by the LGS.4.6.1. Medicines and health products 9For purposes of the LGS, the following concepts are defined as indicated:a) Medicines. 10 Any substance or mixture of substances of natural or synthetic originthat has a therapeutic, preventive, or rehabilitative effect, that is presented in a pharmaceuticalform, and is identified as such by its pharmacological activity and physical,chemical, and biological properties. When a product contains nutriments,it will be considered as a medicine, provided it is a prepared product containing__________9See the definition of health products in Note 3 of this chapter.10Medicines are classified:By their form of preparation in:a) Magistral. When they are prepared according to the formula prescribed by a doctor;b) Oficinal. When they are prepared according to the rules of the pharmacopoeia of the United MexicanStates;c) Pharmaceutical specialties. When they are prepared with formulae authorized by the SSA in establishmentsof the chemical-pharmaceutical industry.By their nature:a) Allopathic. Any substance or mixture of substances of natural or synthetic origin that has a therapeutic,preventive, or rehabilitative effect that is sold? in pharmaceutical form and is identified as such by itspharmacological activity, physical, chemical, and biological characteristics, and is registered in the pharmacopoeiaof the United Mexican States for allopathic medicines;