Government is working on a new mechanism to prevent the exports sub standard and spurious medicines from the country. The trace and track surveillance system to be introduced in July this year will act as a deterrent against export of sub-standard and spurious drugs.According to Director General of Foreign trade the new system will also enable consumers to track the movement of products and establish their origanilty. Our Correspondent reports that the measure comes after some spurious and sub standard consignments of pharmaceuticals and drugs with Made in India labels were exported to Africa from China. This had created some adverse publicity for Indian generic pharmaceuticals and India had to specifically take up the matter with Chinese Government and African authorities.
News On AIR | January 28, 2011 6:12 PM
Trace and track surveillance system to be introduced to prevent export of sub-standard drugs