Maharashtra FDA warns pharmacies against dispensing antibiotics without prescriptions

Maharashtra FDA says it will suspend licences and take strict action against pharmacies selling antibiotics without valid prescriptions, while widening compliance checks across medicine pricing, hospital pharmacies, restaurants, beverages, spices and edible-oil manufacturing.

— Filed Sun, 2 Aug, 2026, 13:45 IST · Source NDTV Profit · Updated

Maharashtra FDA will suspend licences and take strict action against pharmacies dispensing antibiotics without valid prescriptions, while expanding scrutiny of medicine pricing, hospital pharmacies, restaurants, beverages, spices and edible-oil manufacturing compliance.

Why this matters

The warning extends Maharashtra FDA's recent enforcement push on drug quality, misleading ads and online sales, 60 food-business licence suspensions after 600 inspections, and hygiene deadlines for eateries.

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