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About 4,300 bottles have been dispatched to various medical stores in the state out of which 800 have been seized so far, said Pannu. Four samples have been taken and sent for further investigation and the stock (78x 100ml) has been seized, he added.Medical stores in Phagwara were also checked and bottles of misbranded ‘Vriclor’ syrup were seized from a medical store in Nangal Majha . CHANDIGARH: The drug control team seized 800 bottles of misbranded drugs during surprise checks at medical stores in Jalandhar and Phagwara Acting on a tip-off, a drug control team first carried out inspection at Dilkusha Market, Jalandhar.Kahan Singh Pannu , commissioner, food and drug administration (FDA), Punjab, said a drug having a lookalike packing was available in the medical store. One of the packing’s bore the name of manufacturing firm as mandatory under the Act, while the other did not have the same.Another flaw observed was that one pack mentioned the drug as a ‘Schedule H Drug’ which is sold only on prescription of the doctor, while the other didn’t, he added.Besides being a case of misbranded drug, it is suspected to be spurious/counterfeit..