Drugs Inspector randomly draws drug samples from supply chain for quality checks: Minister
New Delhi: Drugs Inspector randomly draws drug samples from the supply chain for quality checks under the Drug and Cosmetics Act 1940, the Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Smt. Anupriya Patel stated.
In a written response to the Rajya Sabha, the Minister stated that list of drugs of various companies, which are declared Not of Standard Quality/ Spurious/ Misbranded/ Adulterated by the Central Drugs Testing Laboratories are regularly uploaded on the website of Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO) under the heading of Drug Alert.
An online portal, SUGAM labs has been in place since September 2023 for integrating the drug testing labs of the CDSCO. It automates the entire workflow for testing of Medical Products (Drugs, Vaccine, Cosmetics & Medical devices) to meet the quality specification and tracing the testing status in the laboratories, Patel stated.
Patel emphasized that manufacturers are required to comply with the conditions of the Licence granted under the said Act and Rules to manufacture any drugs for sale and distribution in the country. In case of drug samples declared as Not of Standard Quality by the Drugs Testing laboratories under CDSCO, the respective manufacturing firms are asked for immediate recall and stop further distribution of the Not of standard quality Drugs in the market,
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