Maharashtra’s Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) officials seized in-vitro diagnostic kits (rapid test kits) which were being sold without licence in the Thane region. The stock of diagnostic kits worth Rs 12.40 lakh was seized during a raid at a unit in Shilphata area, Thane.

The in-vitro diagnostic kits for health ailments such as malaria, dengue, HIV, hepatitis, and typhoid were stored in the unit which did not have the requisite licence for sale as per Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940, and Medical Devices Rules, 2017, the FDA officials said.