Ministry plans to bring out national policy

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Ministry plans to bring out national policy [1]

BY YOJNA GUSAI
NEW DELHI

Perturbed over repeated complaints of higher metal contents in ayurvedic and unani products by health regulatory agencies of countries like the UK, US, Canada and Singapore, the Union health ministry is now working on bringing out a national policy on the issue. Health ministry is working with the World Health Organisation (WHO) to formulate good manufacturing practise (GMP) regulations for country's more than nine thousand units involved in manufacturing ayurvedic and unani medicines.

Publication Date:

27/08/2008

Source: Asian Age (New Delhi) [2]

Tags:

Ayurveda [3], Unani [4], Drugs [5], Ministry Of Health And Family Welfare [6], WHO [7]

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[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ayurveda
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/unani
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/drugs
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ministry-health-and-family-welfare
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/who