Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Sept 23: Food and Drug Administration, Jammu today suspended licenses of 13 drug outlets in city and its outskirts for committing breaches of the provisions of Drugs & Cosmetics Act, 1940 and rules there-under.
A special drive was carried out today by Drug Control Officers in Jammu city, Bari Brahmana and rural belts of RS Pura under the supervision of Licensing Authority (s) where under surprise inspections of retail/wholesale medical outlets were conducted so as to ensure that conditions of licenses are being followed by the license holders.
During the drive, operations of 13 establishments (five in Jammu city, three at Bari Brahmana and five at RS Pura) were disallowed u/s 22 (d) of Drugs & Cosmetics Act, 1940 on spot and thereafter their licenses were suspended.
Statutory Drug samples of more than 20 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, stocks of drugs worth Rs 50,000 have also been confiscated by Drug Control Officers which were found to be contravening the provisions of the Act and investigations in the matter have been initiated.
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