Aaqib Rasool
Srinagar 19 Feb (KNZ): Drug Control Authorities closed down 13 medical shops in Ganderbal and Bandipora district from last 3 days, after they were found violating the conditions of licenses besides other mandatory Govt. directive regarding CCTV and Computerized Billing System and issuance of cash memos/invoices.
According to statement ,60 shops were inspected in Ganderbal district, Out of which licenses of 10 medical shops were suspended for non maintenance of records of habit forming drugs and violation of different provisions of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act 1940 and Operations of 01 medical shop were disallowed for 02 days.
In district Bandipora 20 shops were inspected, Out of which licenses of 03 medical shops were suspended for violation of different provisions of the Act.
Moreover, many other pharmacies were also inspected and statutory drug samples were lifted for analysis purposes to ascertain their quality parameters.
The team of officers headed by Assistant Drug Controller informed that such inspections are routinely carried out as mandated under law.
She added that our organisation has already sensitized chemists to adopt a robust system for maintenance of records and CCTV Surveillance to plug in gaps to avoid misuse of essential life saving scheduled formulations along with observing conditions of licenses.KNZ
