Jammu, Feb 29: The Enforcement Staff of Drugs and Food Control Organization during their inspection drive, made more than seven hundred inspections of Retail Pharmacies and Operations of One Hundred Fifteen Drug Sale Establishments (Forty Six in Jammu Province & Sixty Nine in Kashmir Province ) were disallowed U/S 22 (d) of Drugs & Cosmetics Act, 1940 on spot for omissions/breaches of the provisions of Drugs & Cosmetics Act,1940 & rules there-under depending upon the quantum.
The defaulters have been warned to desist from repetition of such omissions as otherwise should face cancellation of licenses.
The dealers were impressed upon to restrict their purchase from authorized dealers of manufacturing houses located within the borders of U.T of Jammu & Kashmir.
Moreover, Stocks of Drugs worth Rs 4,96,000 were seized from an unlicensed premises being run by one Aijaz Ahmed at Hassanpora, Bijbehara for indulging in trade of pharma products without holding licenses for the same.
The matter is under investigation and legal recourse in the matter is in offing.
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