Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Ram Vilas Paswan has decided to act againt a pharmaceutical company for not writing price, expiry dates, and product information on its medicines. Paswan had reportedly heard that the drug company was rigging important information on medicines. The manufacturer's name, expiry date and helpline number were not written on the medicine. Following this, Paswan directed the Department of Legal Metrology to lodge an FIR against the drug distributor in Guntur. The minister also informed that it is mandatory to write the producer's name, expiry date, MRP and other important information on the product.

Source: dna August 22, 2020 03:33 UTC