A drug manufacturing factory operating without having a license has been exposed in Sonipat during a raid by FDA(Food and Drug Administration) team in the Ferozepur Bangar area of Kharkhoda in Sonipat district. The health department received secret information about this illegal unit and the raid was conducted by FDA Sonipat under senior drug control officer Rakesh Dahiya. Investigation has revealed that medicines of three companies in Himachal Pradesh were being manufactured here illegally. The FDA team sealed the unit along with machines installed in the unit along with raw materials and finished medicines. The drug factory was operating without license and the management in their factory failed to submit documents and found that Antibiotic drugs were being produced there, for which there was no valid permission of any kind. The FDA team inspected the factory from 1 pm to late night. A detailed investigation will be conducted regarding the quality of the medicines seized from the factory.
The factory owner Manoj, a resident of Rajasthan was not present on the spot, while the team caught Yogesh, a resident of Sirsa, who was looking after the factory. The FDA team took six samples to check the quality of the medicine produced in the manufacturing unit. During the operation, the team sealed the machines, raw materials and finished medicines present in the factory. The seized medicines include Pentaprazole, Cefixime-200 (Mycocef-LB 200), Azithromycin-200 (Ric-200) and Amoxy Plus Clavam ET. These medicines and their boxes also mention the manufacturing and marketing of Max Cell Life Care, operating in Mumbai Thane of Maharashtra and Paradox Pharmaceutical Company located in Tehsil Nalagarh, District Solan in Himachal Pradesh, thus causing a loss of revenue for the concerned companies as well.
Senior Drug Control officer Dahiya said that the samples have been sealed by the team so that by conducting tests it can be ascertained that the medicines being prepared stand on the scale of quality and if the illegally manufacturing medicines do not meet the standards, then strict action will be taken against the culprits. He said, the case of manufacturing medicines without any license from the state drug control office in the Kharkhoda area is a serious matter thus playing with people’s health in this manner raises serious questions. The medicines which people use for treatment to get well, manufacturing them in this manner illegally without a license directly puts a question mark on their quality and a serious offence.
