Friday, August 19, 2016

Govt shuts polyclinic, pharmacy and water industries

Kathmandu, Aug 17: The government has sealed two polyclinics and one pharmacy as they were running without renewing their licenses.
The Department of Supply Management and Consumer Protection (DoSMCP) sealed Gyan Ganga Pharmacy, M. V. Polyclinic and Diagnostic Centre and Sinamangal Healthcare and Diagnostic Centre on Tuesday as it found during the monitoring that the Sinamangal based companies were running without renewal.
The DoSMCP had monitored two pharmacies and nine polyclinics.
Similarly, the department sealed the kitchen of Shiva Shankar Sweets, New Road as its Mo:Mo kitchen was filthy.
The Ministry of Supply (MoC) informed in a press statement that altogether seven businesses including Big Mart’s Kalo Pul outlet, Budhanilakantha Mineral Water Industries, Greenberry Mineral Water Inndustries, Prachi Spring Water Solution were sealed.
The monitoring team had sealed the Big Mart outlet on Monday but resealed it as the seal was found broken.
Its outlets at Lazimpat and Shantinagar were found selling date expired goods.
The monitoring team confiscated 12 cartons of date expired goods that the Mart was keeping for sale.
Likewise, Greenberry had bottled the water without following hygienic norms while Budhanilakantha and Prachi’s water jars were distributed without neck seals.
The DoCSM found that the Bhatbhateni Super Market, KK Mart and Big Mart were selling goods that were out of date. It confiscated 799 packets of outdated goods from Megha Mart, Lazimpat.
It destroyed 183 kilograms of chicken stored at Chicken House Sorhakhutte due to dirty storage facilities.
According to the MoC, 11 monitoring teams were mobilized at different locations in the Valley and they monitored supermarket, sweets, groceries, pharmacy and polyclinic, dairies, fruits and vegetables, restaurants, petroleum, transportation and drinking water sectors.

The monitoring teams monitored altogether 55 businesses. 

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