Noida: In a surprise inspection at pharmacies amid changing weather conditions, the Noida administration on Tuesday seized samples of three medicines for conditions like cough, cold and fever to assess their quality, officials said.

The inspection was conducted as per the instructions of the Commissioner of Food Safety and Drug Administration and the district administration, with the aim of ensuring that the medicines are sold as per the standards.

"Drug Inspector Vaibhav Babbar inspected two medical stores located in Sector 66, Mamura, Noida," the District Information Office said in a statement.

"To check the quality of medicines for diseases like cough, cold and fever in the changing season, an antibiotic injection and a gas capsule medicine from Bioiscon Medical and a cough syrup sample from Shivay Medicos were collected for testing," Babbar said. I went." That being said.

The drug inspector said the sale of eight medicines of Shivaay Medicos was stopped with immediate effect as it failed to produce its sales bills.

Babbar said that purchase and sale records of medical stores are being checked to ensure that no medicine is being bought or sold by any pharmacist without a license or prescription. .

"The samples collected are being sent to the laboratory for testing. On receipt of the report and analysis, further action will be taken as per the rules under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act 1940," he said.