SRINAGAR: Drug and Food Control Organization (DFCO) Thursday conducted surprise raids in Bemina, JVC, Wazir Bagh, Lal Ded, Rajbagh, Jawahar Nagar, Sonawar, G. B. Pant, Dalgate and Batmallo areas of Srinagar city amidst complaints that certain drug and food establishments were indulging in sale of flood hit medicines and food articles to consumers.
A team found medical shops M/s Shah Pharmacy, Pure Pharmacy and Manzoor Medicate, situated Opp. JVC Hospital; AAY BEE Medicate, Batmallo, Life Care Medicate, Care and Cure Medicate, Rising Sun Pharmacy all at Sonawar, and Ilham Medicate, Dalgate Srinagar indulging in unethical trade practices by displaying flood hit commodities for sale.
The establishments have been asked to shut down their business for three to seven days with a precondition that their operation shall be allowed only upon verification of satisfactory compliance of their sanitary conditions as well as scrutiny of their inventory by the empowered authorities after the suspension period is over.
The stakeholders in general and consumer in particular have been impressed upon to share their inputs about such incidents to the concerned regularity authorities at district head quarters to help department to serve better.
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