Lucknow, Jan. 7 -- Uttar Pradesh government, taking serious note of spurious drugs after the Codeine syrup scandal, has announced that it will launch a month long scrutiny drive from February 1,2026 onwards for verification of licensed wholesale drug selling establishments and warehouse licenses.
Commissioner, state Food Security Drug Administration Roshan Jacob in letter to all districts on Wednesday said that "in the campaign of the last two months conducted by the department to prevent misuse of cough syrups containing codeine and narcotics category drugs, it came to light that many firms were non-existent at their registered addresses, which never operated after getting the license and at the registered addresses of some firms, only th...