Staff Reporter
The Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department has joined hands with the Punjab Food Authority (PFA) to control forgery in medicines.
In this connection, both departments would launch a province-wide surprise grand operation against counterfeit and fake drugs which is being sold in the market in the name of supplements or nutraceuticals.
This was stated by Secretary Primary and Secondary Health Capt (retd) Muhammad Usman, adding that mostly fake drug manufacturers were running their businesses in the name of functional foods or nutraceuticals to keep themselves safe from the Drug Act.
He said, “All those drugs which are not included in the Drug Act fall in the category of the Food Authority.”
Muhammad Usman said that the standing committee had approved the PFA to make food and drug authority in its eighth meeting.
A joint action by the PFA and Health Department would help in elimination of fake drugs in Punjab, he added.
Moreover, the Punjab Food Authority (PFA) closed down a snack factory over substandard production and recovered a huge cache of unhealthy food during an operation in the provincial metropolis.
The operation was led by PFA Director General Irfan Memon in the area of Kot Abdul Malik. He said the authority had raided Tameem World Foods factory and sealed it due to producing hazardous snacks for children with expired ingredients.
