India: Government exempts barcoding plan for primary packaging of medicines

India, which had proposed barcoding of medicines to track and trace export consignments after allegations that spurious drugs were making their way into the market, will exempt primary packaging consisting of single tablets, capsules and vials from the barcoding stipulation, said senior bureaucrats.
The commerce ministry had many times postponed barcoding for primary packaging following opposition from producers who said the plan is not feasible. The Director General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) made it mandatory for secondary packaging from January last year. DGFT wanted the industry to adhere to barcoding on primary packaging from July 1 (The Economic Times, 22 May 2014).
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