Nagpur, Dec. 10 -- Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Minister Narhari Zirwal on Wednesday informed the state assembly that the licences of 176 retailers and 39 wholesalers were cancelled in the past year for supplying substandard medicines.
Responding in writing to a question raised by BJP MLA Amit Satam and others, Zirwal said, "The FDA had launched a special statewide campaign during which samples of cough syrups and other medicines were collected for testing and analysis."As part of this drive, 136 retailers and 93 wholesalers were inspected. Show-cause notices were issued, and licences were cancelled for selling inferior-quality cough syrups.
Zirwal revealed that fake cough syrups were detected in several drug stores and ...