Bengaluru: Medical devices worth ₹13.79 lakh seized in enforcement drive

Bengaluru The enforcement wing of Karnataka’s Food Safety and Drugs Control Department has seized medical devices and consumables worth ₹13.79 lakh from two establishments in Bengaluru’s Cottonpet area for alleged violations of the mandatory labelling requirements. The seizures were made during a special enforcement drive conducted on Wednesday and Thursday (November 11 and 12) by officials of the department. Medical devices and consumables worth ₹6,57,031 were seized from Mandev Surgipharma Pvt.

Ltd., and products worth ₹7,21,590 were seized from Shree Mandev Surgicals. The seized products include hearing aids, clinical thermometers, surgical gloves, urine bags, compression stockings and other medical devices. According to the department, several products were found to be lacking one or more mandatory label declarations, including batch numbers, manufacturing and expiry dates, manufacturer’s details, licence numbers and the maximum retail price (MRP).

Samples of the seized products have been collected and sent for testing.