Advanced facility launched to test drugs & food locally

Time of India

26-06-2025

Patna: The quality of medicines and food products can now be tested within Bihar itself, health minister Mangal Pandey said on Thursday after inaugurating a newly built equipment section at the Bihar Joint Food and Drug Control Laboratory at Agamkuan in Patna.
The state-of-the-art facility, developed at a cost of Rs 14 crore, was inaugurated jointly with assembly Speaker Nand Kishore Yadav.
Until now, samples had to be sent to laboratories outside the state, often taking several months for reports to be returned. The installation of 28 types of modern testing equipment will reduce that time and strengthen Bihar's capacity to monitor drug and food safety.
"Now Bihar will not have to depend on other states for this test.
With this new laboratory, the tests will not only be done immediately, but there will also be speed in identifying wrong and fake medicines and removing them from the market," said Pandey.
He added that a food testing laboratory had been established on the same campus three months ago at a cost of Rs 16 crore. "The goal of the department is not only to ensure quality treatment, but also to give a reliable and scientific basis to the quality testing and monitoring of medicines," he added.
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The minister announced that a new building would soon come up on the laboratory campus at a cost of Rs 30 crore. "Its DPR has been prepared. The G+5 building will have a meeting room, conference hall, record room, sample collection room, faculty room, library, kitchen along with other facilities," he said.
Highlighting the state's achievements in health coverage, Pandey said Bihar ranks third in the country for issuing Ayushman cards with 4 crore cards made — 3.10 crore of which were issued in the last 1.3 years.
He also said that 3 lakh Vaya Vandana cards have been created.
Assembly Speaker Yadav said the newly equipped section would ensure faster, more accurate and transparent testing of medicines. "This section equipped with newly installed modern machines and equipment will make the process of quality testing of medicines more fast, accurate and transparent. This will ensure the safety of medicines used in the state," he said.
Patna mayor Sita Sahu, development commissioner-cum-additional chief secretary (health) Pratyaya Amrit, BMSICL managing director Nilesh Ramchandra Devre and CEO of the Bihar Health Safety Committee Shashank Shekhar Sinha were also present at the event.