16 medical shops sealed in Sirsa after raids by FDA

In continuation of the ‘Nasha Mukti Bharat Abhiyan’, 35 Senior Drugs Control Officers (SDCOs) along with Drugs Control Officers (DCOs) of Food and Drugs Administration (FDA), Haryana, from various zones and districts raided medical shops across Sirsa to check the illegal sale of intoxicants.

Of the 67 medical shops inspected, 16 were sealed. “These shops were sealed due to non-submission of sale records of intoxicants and other contraventions detected at the shop during inspection,” said State Drug Controller Lalit Goel.

Earlier, eight teams were constituted for the surprise checking of chemist shops misusing psychotropic drugs or dual-use drugs.

State Drugs Controller, along with all three Assistant State Drug Controllers namely Parjinder Singh, Karan Singh Godara, and Rakesh Dahiya, supervised the raids in different areas of Sirsa district.

The raids were conducted at various villages and places of Kalanwali, Baragudha, Dabwali, Rania, Ellenabad and Sirsa city. Goel further informed that 15 samples have been taken from these shops and show-cause notices would be issued to the medical stores for violations under Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940.