After the Maggi row, the Government also wants to stop the sale of Nestle’s and Johnson & Johnson’s food and cosmetics products in medical shops.
Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilisers Hansraj Ahir told newspersons here on Friday that laws will be amended to stop sale of “general” products in chemists’ shops.
Coming down heavily on Nestle, he said the Government will not allow the “sale of poison” in India. Justifying the penal action against Maggi, he said labs in the country are competent enough to find out the “malpractices” by Nestle.
“Some products like Cerelac and Nestum of Nestle and baby powder and baby soap of Johnson & Johnson are sold through chemists. This will be stopped immediately,” Ahir said. He said certain food products are sold at very high cost, while the cost to manufacture them is actually very low.
He said the Government would soon amend the law to ensure that general products are not sold through medical shops. All non-medical items from government-run medical outlets will be removed immediately, he added.