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Ayush ministry revises provision of printing format of manufacturing and expiry dates of ASU medicine
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Lucy Fernandes, Mumbai
November 11 , 2017
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The Union Ministry of Ayush has revised the provisions for the printing
of manufacturing and expiry dates of Ayurveda, Siddha and Unani (ASU)
medicines. The format needs to be implemented on all labels of the ASU
drugs from 1st January, 2018.
As per the circular, the new
format to write the ‘date of manufacture’ and ‘date of expiry’ on the
primary and secondary labels/packs of Ayurveda, Siddha and Unani
medicines shall be displayed in the ‘numerical month and year i.e.
MM/YYYY format’. Precisely, the month shall be printed as two digits and
the year as four digits with a slash (/) in between. For example, for a
medicine manufactured in September, 2018, the manufacturing date shall
be written as ‘09/2018’.
The provision according to the Ministry
of Ayush is effective from 1st January, 2018 and will not affect the
batches of Ayurveda, Siddha and Unani drugs that are already
manufactured and available in the market. This notification has brought
to the notice of all licensed ASU drug manufacturers and the concerned
regulatory personnel for compliance and enforcement respectively. The
circular has been sent to regulators of all state departments of Ayush
and related offices.
In the previous notification, it was
specified that dates of manufacture and expiry of all products needs to
be incorporated on the labels of all packs of the Ayurveda, Siddha and
Unani drugs. It needs to be written in month and year format. The month
will be printed using the first three alphabets in capital font followed
by a full stop and the year as four digits, both separated by a slash.
For example, JUN/2018 may be written for a medicine manufactured in June
2018.
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