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Jabalpur, 25 April (HS). As per the instructions of Controller Drug Administration Mayank Aggarwal to prevent the misuse of drugs as intoxicants, the Food and Drug Administration Department, Jabalpur has suspended the license of M/s Samaira Associates based in Baldevbagh for not submitting the documents of purchase and sale of codeine containing syrup.
This medicine shop was recently inspected by drug inspectors Devendra Jain and Sharad Jain. During the investigation, the firm's proprietor Mamta Kori was asked to submit the record of purchase of codeine cough syrup, but no document or answer was presented by her to the Food and Drug Administration office.
Drug Inspector Sharad Jain said on Thursday that due to not providing records of purchase and sale of syrup containing codeine, the wholesale licenses granted to Samaira Associates have been suspended by the Drug Licensing Authority till further orders. During this period this shop will remain closed. After the suspension order, purchase or sale of the medicine by the non-applicant will be considered completely illegal. If this is done then this act will be eligible for administrative and court action. Besides, action will also be taken to cancel the license of the firm.
The Food and Drug Administration Department has instructed the wholesale and retail drug dealers of the district to ensure that the Drug and Cosmetic Act and rules are followed while operating the drug shop. Medicine sellers have been asked to sell sleeping pills, abortion medicines and scheduled medicines as per the rules and their records should also be maintained.
Drug sellers have also been instructed to be careful in selling sleeping medicines and those medicines which can be misused as intoxicants. Medicine sellers have been asked to store such medicines at appropriate places and only those medicines which are to be kept in cold storage should be stored in the fridge. Instructions have also been given to drug sellers to keep medicines with expiry dates separate from the stock for sale in the quarter in advance, so that medicines with expiry dates cannot be sold even by mistake. A warning has also been given that if any drug dealer is found involved in illegal drug trade, strict action will be taken against him.