SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir administration has banned a health supplement comprising lysine and zinc with B-complex syrup as it failed the quality test twice, The Tribune reported.
The Drugs and Food Control Organization has advised people to discontinue the usage of Corvit-M’s supplement after a sample of the syrup was declared to be “misbranded and unsafe” on February 24. It was sent for analysis to Food Analyst National Food Laboratory, Ghaziabad by the Drugs and Food Control Organization of JK.
It was sold under the trade name Corvit-M and manufactured in Samba.
The report further states that a notice was served to the drug manufacturer — M/S Ravenbhel Healthcare Pvt Ltd — located at Kartholi, Bari Brahamana, and also to Life Care Pharmacy in Srinagar.
After the manufacturer filed an appeal before a designated official a new sample was sent to Referral Food Laboratory in Kolkata for additional analysis. Once more, the material was deemed to be unsafe.