DCA seizes syrup stocks over misleading fever cure claim
Officials from the Telangana Drugs Control Administration (DCA) have seized stocks of a syrup marketed as a cure for 'all types of fevers', citing violation of the Drugs and Magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertisements) Act, 1954.
During a raid conducted on May 14 at a medical store in Adilabad, the DCA officers found the product, 'Herbal Fever Guard Syrup' being sold with a label that falsely claimed it could treat all types of fevers. The medicine is manufactured and marketed by International Herbal Corporation Private Limited, based in Haridwar, Uttarakhand, said a release.
Authorities said the product's label amounts to a misleading advertisement, which is prohibited under the 1954 Act. The law explicitly bans advertisements that promote medicines as treatments for certain diseases and conditions, including fevers in general. As per the Act, no person is allowed to participate in the publication or circulation of such advertisements.
Stocks of the syrup were seized on the spot, and further investigation is underway, the release stated.
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