Maha firm tampers with sanitiser expiry date labels, raided

Maharashtra Food and Drug ministration officials raided a firm in Aurangab and caught staff changing expiry date labels on hand sanitiser bottles to profit from vel coronavirus outbreak in state, a senior official said on Monday.

staff of Eurolife Healthcare in Aurangab's Waluj industrial area were replacing '2020' on expiry date label with '2021', FDA Joint Commissioner Sanjay Kale told PTI.

"Prices were also being changed. raid started on Sunday evening and went on till midnight. Sanitiser stock worth Rs 50 lakh has been seized. y were manufactured in a factory in Gujarat and were being marketed by Eurolife Healthcare in Aurangab," Kale said.

Eurolife denies allegations of any wrongdoing

Eurolife Healthcare Pvt. Ltd., a leing Indian specialty pharmaceutical, manufacturing, and distribution company, has issued clarifications denying reports, which appeared in a section of media, that some of its products were found to have passed expiry dates and that product pricing was changed for whole range recently.
Highlighting issue, Mr. Virender Dhar, Chief Marketing Officer, Eurolife Healthcare,  said, "Contrary to reports, prices of many of  Eurolife’s products were reduced in view of Corona Virus and ne of bottles in market is past its expiry date. Our hand sanitizer was introduced by company in 2018 and we have in fact reduced its price from Rs. 250 to Rs.190/- for 100 ml. bottle. However, decision to change MRP for certain products was taken in February 2020 based on market intelligence to rationalize it as all disinfected product brands in market h higher MRP than us. Given this situation, only three of our products' MRP was changed and rest all remained unchanged.”
 “We would also like to emphasize that, in view of Coronavirus breakout, we have brought down our ASP price (Prices to stockiest) by 40-45%, " ded Mr. Dhar. 
On issue of shelf life, Mr. Dhar maintains, “All our sanitizer products have a shelf life as per established guidelines from appropriate authorities. We appreciate process put by investigation ncies and we are fully cooperating with m.