Drug control wing told to keep check on bogus sales
Saturday, 23/11/2013
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Chandigarh : The performance of the drug control wing of the state Food and Drug Administration was reviewed today. Hussan Lal, Commissioner Food and Drug Administration, Punjab, chaired the meeting. Lal reviewed the number of licences issued, number of retail and wholesale licences suspended, number of licences cancelled and drug seisures of illegal and other habit-forming drugs.
The commissioner ordered the drug control officials to direct all carrying and forwarding agents to supply data of all habit-forming drugs being supplied to various dealers in Punjab every month. The commissioner also directed each drug inspector to check the data to ensure that the consignment is supplied only to the licence holder. This step will weed out bogus sales to dealers, which results in these drugs falling into the hands of drug addicts.
It is learnt that from August to October, 2013, a total of 326 licenses in the state had been suspended and two licenses cancelled due to contraventions of the provisions of Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 and Rule 1945.
Other directions
The carrying and forwarding agents were directed to supply data of all habit-forming drugs being supplied to various dealers in the state every month
Each drug inspector was also asked to check the data to ensure that the consignment is supplied only to the licence holder.
