Pharmacies violated the Cosmetic Devices and Drug Act are fined (2 items)

Over 185 pharmacies prosecuted

By Dilanthi Jayamanne

Legal action has been taken against at least 185 pharmacies for violating the Cosmetic Devices and Drug Act.

The spokesman for the Health Ministry said yesterday that the Cosmetic Devices and Drug Authority had levied fines totaling two million rupees from private pharmacies, during the past eight months, following raids and inspections.

He said there were many unregistered pharmacies and some which had failed to renew their trade licenses this year. There were those which traded without qualified pharmacists, some which stored drugs and vaccines under unhygienic conditions and those that did not store them according to the specified temperatures.

Some pharmacies were found guilty of selling drugs without prescriptions.

The DCDA had carried out inspections on pharmacies and places selling cosmetic in Slave Island, Union Place, Maradana, Kotahena and Grand Pass on Monday (29) and Thursday (30). The spokesman said that inspections had been carried out on 18 places during these two days.

The inspections revealed three pharmacies operating without registration, and storing drugs and vaccines in unhygienic conditions. Some places sold unregistered cosmetic devices as well. Four of them did not have qualified pharmacists, he said.

The spokesman added that a report had been drawn up following the raids and handed over to Health Minister Maithripala Sirisena, who had instructed the DCDA to continue their raids to prevent pharmacists from violating the Cosmetic Devices and Drug Act.

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රට පුරා පවත්වාගෙන ගිය හොර ඔසු සල් වැටලීමෙන් රුපියල් විසිලක්ෂයක පමණ දඩ මුදලක් අය කර තිබේ.

මෙවැනි ඔසු සල් 179කට විරුද්ධව නඩු පැවරීමෙන් ගතවූ මාස අටක කාලයක තුළ කළ වැටලීම්වලදී මේ දඩ මුදල් අය කර ගෙන තිබේ. සෞඛ්‍ය ඇමැති මෛත්‍රීපාල මහතාගේ උපදෙස් යටතේ විලවුන් උපකරණ හා ඖෂධ නියාමන අධිකාරිය මගින් මේ වැටලීම කර ඇත. පසුගිය දින දෙක තුළ කොළඹ නගරය කළ වැටලීම් වලින් ඔසු සල් 4කට නඩුපැවරීමටද පියවර ගෙන ඇත.

මේ වැටලීම් තුළින් ගනු ලැබූ ක්‍රියාමාර්ග ඇතුළත් වාර්තාවක් අධිකාරියේ අධ්‍යක්ෂ වෛද්‍ය බෙනරගම මහතා වෙත භාරදී තිබේ.
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