The Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has urged the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) to expedite the process of enlistment of poultry products and also lift undue sanctions on poultry medicines.
While talking to a delegation of poultry industry, led by Shahid Iqbal and Dr Ghulam Mahboob, LCCI President Abdul Basit said the poultry was one of the biggest employment providers and source of revenue to the government but because of bureaucratic hurdles that sector was facing crisis-like situation.
He said there must be discrimination between the drugs for human lives and veterinary medicines but unfortunately, both were being treated in same way. Because of hard and inappropriate rules and regulations of the DRAP, consignments of veterinary medicines are held at ports, causing huge damage to the importers.
The delegation members informed the LCCI President that so far only limited number of companies has been given Form No. VI (Enlistment as Local Importers/ Agents), while none of companies/importers have been issued Form VII for enlistment of products.
The current DRAP regulations for enlisting the importers were creating a crisis leading to shortage of basic products used by the poultry farmers, they said.