Pakistan Standards & Quality Control Authority (PSQCA) has chalked out a comprehensive plan for licensing of 61 new items, recently inducted in its mandatory list by the federal government, special teams have been formed to raid units for seizing stock and stopping production after completion of grace time. According to a spokesman of the PSQCA, after completion of grace time December 31, 2020, the Director General PSQCA Abdul AleemMemon has ordered the officers for taking action. Standard Development Centre Conformity Assessment Lahore Zone Muhammad YasinAkhtar has constituted special teams for complete compliance of the notification issued by the Ministry of Science & Technology on October 3, 2020. The teams have started to serve notices to the units producing these 61 new items, after searching locations of units. Even after receiving the notice, if any unit does not submit application for PS License within the grace time of the notices, the teams will start seizing stock and stop manufacturing products.
