DCA conducts raids in Telangana
Hyderabad: Telangana Drugs Control Administration (DCA) seized RedFer-XT tablets in Ramagundam of Peddapalli district for falsely manufactured and sold under the guise of food products and nutraceuticals.
During the raids, the DCA officials’ detected drugs falsely manufactured by Br Nutracare at Bandlaguda and marketed Dr Sri Reddy’s Lab in Nagole village, according to DCA Director-General VB Kamalasan Reddy.
The product was falsely manufactured under a FSSAI license and falsely claimed to be a food product or nutraceutical.
According to the label composition of the product, it is classified as a drug under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act- 1940. The product must be manufactured only under a drug licence issued under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, adhering strictly to the 'Good Manufacturing Practices' (GMP) outlined in Schedule-M of the Drugs Rules. Additionally, it must meet the quality standards prescribed in the 'Indian Pharmacopoeia' (IP) as mandated. Photograph of the product falsely manufactured and sold under the guise of ‘food products/nutraceuticals
In a separate raid, the DCA seized Sodium Phosphates Enema BP, an allopathic medicine, in Kaghaznagar of Kumuram Bheem Asifabad district for making misleading advertisements that it treats convulsions, the DCA officials said.
