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Government of India
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
16-December-2014 15:37 IST
Standardization and Certification of Ayurvedic Products

For Pharmacopoeial standardization of Ayurvedic drugs, two organizations, namely, Pharmacopoeia Commission for Indian Medicine and Homeopathy (PCIM&H) an autonomous body and Pharmacopoeial Laboratory for Indian Medicine (PLIM) have been established by th

For Pharmacopoeial standardization of Ayurvedic drugs, two organizations, namely, Pharmacopoeia Commission for Indian Medicine and Homeopathy (PCIM&H) an autonomous body and Pharmacopoeial Laboratory for Indian Medicine (PLIM) have been established by the Government of India.

There are two Voluntary Certification Schemes for Ayurveda products.

1)      Certification scheme of Quality Council of India (QCI) an autonomous body and

2)      Certificate of Pharmaceutical Products (CoPP) for Ayurveda product issued by Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) for the purpose of export.

QCI Scheme provides two kinds of certificates:

a.       AYUSH Standards Mark for the Ayurveda products complying with domestic regulations. and;

b.      AYUSH Premium Mark for the Ayurveda products complying with International norms.

The Minister of State (IC), Ministry of AYUSH, Shri Shripad Yesso Naik stated this in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha here today.

 

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