New Delhi, Oct 23 (PTI) The Central Drugs Laboratories has found 52 samples manufactured by various firms to be "not of standard quality" in its monthly drug alert for September, health ministry officials said on Thursday.

Further, the State Drugs Testing Laboratories have identified 60 drug samples as "not of standard quality", they said.

As per routine regulatory surveillance activity, the list of Not of Standard Quality (NSQ) and Spurious drugs is being displayed on the CDSCO portal on a monthly basis.

For September 2025, Central Drugs Laboratories have identified 52 drug samples, and State Drugs Testing Laboratories have identified 60 drug samples to be not of standard quality," an official said.

Identification of drug samples as NSQ is done based on failure of the drug sample in o

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