China-Made Gelatin in Indian Medicines Sparks Regulatory Clampdown on Poor-Quality Raw Material

According to the minutes of the meeting of the Drugs Consultative Committee (DCC), the panel was informed that “there is an increasing evidence that low cost industrial or technical grade gelatin unfit for human consumption is being imported mainly from China, by unscrupulous traders and sold to soft capsule manufacturers who blend it with high quality gelatin made in India, in the manufacturing of capsules”