| Posted by: supatra | Jul 14, 2005
Beauty creams promising to remove stretch marks and improve fairness in a week, herbal teas promising instant weight loss, drugs guaranteeing to treat impotency or prolong sexual drive and hospitals luring people by promising to have an answer for diseases like AIDS, diabetes and psoriasis. All these will soon come under the scanner.
The health ministry has decided to set up an autonomous Drug Control Authority of India (DCAI), which will be a close replica of the Food and Drugs Authority of the United States.
Claims made by any product will now have to be scientifically proven before DCAI prior to their being launched in the market.
By amending the Drugs and Cosmetics Act and the Drugs and Magic Drugs Act, the ministry has also decided to make it mandatory for all cosmetic companies to mention the ingredients used on the product before it is sold in the market, failing which the licence of the company will be revoked.
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