Minutes of the meeting of Drugs Technical Advisory Board - Issue of packaging of pharmaceutical products in PET/plastic bottles leading to public health and environmental hazard, 25/11/2013
Read minutes of an important meeting held on 25 Nov 2013, in which Drugs Technical Advisory Board (DTAB) recommended a phase-out and ban of the use of plastic / PET containers in liquid oral formulations for primary packaging of paediatric formulations as well as formulations meant for geriatrics, women in reproductive age group and pregnant women. The DTAB after deliberations recommended that in the first phase, the use of plastic / PET containers in liquid oral formulations for primary packaging of paediatric formulations as well as formulations meant for geriatrics, women in reproductive age group and pregnant women should be phased out and banned. However, the pharmaceutical industry may be given an adequate time of six months for smooth switch over.