Jammu, Jan 9: Jammu and Kashmir Drugs Control authority has disallowed as many as eighteen Retail Sale medical stores u/s 22 (d) of Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 during market checking.
As per the department, the action against the erring establishments was taken on the spot, which included Six in Jammu District, One in Samba, Six in Rajouri District, Four in Udhampur and One in Poonch District.
Surprise Inspections of Retail Sale Outlets were carried out by the concerned Drugs Control Officers under the supervision of respective Assistant Drugs Controller in Jammu Province under the overall authority of Lotika Khajuria, State Drugs Controller to ensure availability of quality drugs to the end users.
The reasons for suspension ranged from Non maintenance of Sales records, Impersonation, Unhygienic/Insanitary Conditions, Improper storage conditions etc.
The Licenses were warned of strict action in case the deficiencies are not removed within stipulated period of time.
Meanwhile, statutory drug samples of more than one hundred and eighty drug formulations viz Antibiotics, PPI, Steroid, NSAIDs etc were also lifted from private firms and government institutions for determination of strength and purity.
These samples were referred to Drug Testing Laboratories located within the State for framing legal opinion to ascertain their quality parameters.
