Maha firm tampers with sanitiser expiry date labels, raided

Maharashtra Food and DrugAdministration officials raided a firm in Aurangabad andcaught staff changing expiry date labels on hand sanitiserbottles to profit from the novel coronavirus outbreak in thestate, a senior official said on Monday

The staff of Eurolife Healthcare in Aurangabad's Walujindustrial area were replacing '2020' on the expiry date labelwith '2021', FDA Joint Commissioner Sanjay Kale told PTI

"Prices were also being changed. The raid started onSunday evening and went on till midnight. Sanitiser stockworth Rs 50 lakh has been seized. They were manufactured in afactory in Gujarat and were being marketed by EurolifeHealthcare in Aurangabad," Kale said.