Licenses of 13 medical outlets suspended

Licenses of 13 medical outlets suspended

September 23rd Jammu

September 23rd Jammu:- Drug and Food Control  Organisation has suspended the licenses of thirteen Retail/Whole Sale Medical Outlets for violation of certain norms.

  “A special drive was carried out in   Jammu City, Bari Brahmana, and rural belts of  R. S Pura  under the supervision of Licensing Authority (s)  where under   surprise inspections of Retail/Whole  Sale Medical Outlets were conducted  so as to ensure that Conditions of Licenses are being followed by the License Holders” the handout stated.

The erring establishments,  five in Jammu City, three at Bari Brahmnaa and five at R.S Pura were disallowed u/s 22 (d) of Drugs & Cosmetics Act, 1940  on spot for committing breaches of the provisions of Drugs & Cosmetics Act, 1940 & rules there-under and thereafter their licenses were suspended.

Statutory Drug samples of more than twenty drug formulations viz Antibiotics, PPI, Steroid; NSAIDs etc were drawn to check the identity, strength, and purity of these drugs. These samples have been referred to State Drug Testing Laboratories for framing legal opinion to ascertain their quality parameters

Moreover, stock of drugs worth Rs 50,000 was also confiscated by Drug Control Officers which were found to be contravening the provisions of the Act and investigation in the matter has been initiated.

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J.Singh