Gujarat govt launches Rs 1 crore mobile drug testing van

Gandhinagar

Gujarat government today launched a mobile drug testing van laboratory for on the spot testing of medicines including Ayurvedic medicines. Rs 1 crore van has ultra modern equipments for testing of drugs. The van includes a facility of laser beam technology through which medicines can be tested without opening its packing.

According to Ministers Nitinbhai Patel and Shankarbhai Chaudhary, Food and Drug Control department of Government fo Gujarat tests around 10,000 samples every year.

It should be mentioned that the government had launched a mobile testing van for testing of food samples last years. Food Safety Authority of India had taken a note of success that initiative and asked other states to start such mobile testing van service.

– DeshGujarat