date:Oct 10, 2012
The union health ministry will amend Item No. 1 of the Schedule K of the Drugs and Cosmetics Rules (DC Rules) to control marketing of vitamin preparations as food supplements and also to ensure that the drug substances manufactured for non-medicinal use should be with the permission of the concerned licensing authority under the DC Rules.
The ministry's decision in this regard stems from the fact that a fairly large number of non-pharmaceutical units have been manufacturing and selling products