COIMBATORE: The food safety and drug administration department (Coimbatore) has decided to initiate action and start procedures for filing a charge sheet against a multi speciality private hospital here in the city after the sample of a health supplement sold by its pharmacy to a resident was confirmed to be unwholesome and not fit for human consumption. The confirmation report was sent from the Referral Lab of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India(FSSAI) in Kolkata where the sample was sent for a detailed analysis to confirm the report issued by the government approved laboratory in Chennai.
"We received the lab report on Tuesday and it has confirmed the findings of the previous report in which the product was found to be unsafe and not fit for human consumption. We are now proceeding to file a charge-sheet against the hospital and the manufacturers of the product," said R Kathiravan, Designated Officer(DO), Food Safety and Drug Administration Department (Coimbatore).
The sample lifted and submitted to the department was sent to Kolkata for final analysis after a sample of the health supplement Slim and Trim, for ensuring weight loss was purchased by D Kumar, a city based resident from the Kovai Medical Centre and Hospital pharmacy. The supplement was prescribed to his wife Kasthuri by Dr Tamilselvi Periyasamy, a doctor at the hospital who coincidentally is also the registered owner of the Slim and Trim diet supplement manufacturing unit.
"We will be initiating proceedings against KMCH pharmacy and also the Slim and Trim product manufacturers for making and selling an unsafe and misbranded product to the public," Kathiravan added.
The sample was sent for testing at the Kolkata laboratory on July 30. Meanwhile, a PIL has been filed at the Madras HC by Kasthuri against the private hospital, doctor and food safety and drug administration officials. Department officials claimed that they were asked to respond on October 3 and have already filed a counter before the high court.
"We received the lab report on Tuesday and it has confirmed the findings of the previous report in which the product was found to be unsafe and not fit for human consumption. We are now proceeding to file a charge-sheet against the hospital and the manufacturers of the product," said R Kathiravan, Designated Officer(DO), Food Safety and Drug Administration Department (Coimbatore).
The sample lifted and submitted to the department was sent to Kolkata for final analysis after a sample of the health supplement Slim and Trim, for ensuring weight loss was purchased by D Kumar, a city based resident from the Kovai Medical Centre and Hospital pharmacy. The supplement was prescribed to his wife Kasthuri by Dr Tamilselvi Periyasamy, a doctor at the hospital who coincidentally is also the registered owner of the Slim and Trim diet supplement manufacturing unit.
"We will be initiating proceedings against KMCH pharmacy and also the Slim and Trim product manufacturers for making and selling an unsafe and misbranded product to the public," Kathiravan added.
The sample was sent for testing at the Kolkata laboratory on July 30. Meanwhile, a PIL has been filed at the Madras HC by Kasthuri against the private hospital, doctor and food safety and drug administration officials. Department officials claimed that they were asked to respond on October 3 and have already filed a counter before the high court.
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