Non-Sterile Surgical Ligature and Suture

Every container of, and wrapper enclosing surgical ligature or suture other than a ligature or suture offered or intended to be offered for sale as sterile, shall bear a label on which are printed or written in a conspicuous manner in indelible red ink the words “Non-sterile surgical ligature (suture) – not to be used for operations upon the human body unless efficiently sterilized”.