The barcode scheme has been introduced for tracking and tracing pharma products to check the spread of spurious and fake drugs in the market

Mumbai: The union Commerce Ministry has rejected the pharma industry’s plea for the withdrawal of the implementation of barcodes on pharma exports.

The government will not change its policy on the implementation of the barcode on export of pharma packs. There is no questionof changing the policy as it is a well thought-out policy that was framed in the interest of the industry, Addition

Pharma industry wants to withdraw the implementation of barcodes on pharma exports on the plea that it was impractial Secretary in the Union Commerce Ministry Rajiv Kher said.

The industry also said that barcode is neither practical nor possible and also not necessary as it is not the ideal solution for tracking spurious or fake drugs.

According to the latest notification of the Ministry, the trace and track technology for secondary level packaging will come into effect from January 1, 2013 and on primary level packaging will come into effect from July 1, 2013.

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