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Mumbai: FDA wants to make violation of rules a tough pill to swallow

<p>Authority proposes a central body, which will make stringent rules and slap greater fines for violators caught for illegal supply/possession of drugs</p>

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The toothless tiger wants teeth of steel to nail offenders. The state Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has appealed to the central regulatory body to have stringent rules, increased fines, which will be dictated by a new body at the centre. FDA also wants to make it compulsory of medicine manufacturers and suppliers to pay at least 10 per cent of the price of the seized drugs, if they are caught for illegal supply or possession.

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