07 January,2010 09:24 AM IST | | Imran Gowhar
Authorities try to trace Chinese supplier firm, find it exists only on paper
Close on the heels of an incident where barrels full of a hazardous chemical were dumped at the railway yard of Srirampuram, a city-based pharma company has filed a cheating complaint against a Chinese firm for trying to palm off substandard chemicals to it.
Safety issues
It is not yet known whether the Chinese consignment was hazardous or not, but the discovery of the poor quality of the imported chemical has raised safety concerns over such imports in the future.
The whole thing came to light when the seaport officials who verified the records suspected a consignment of a particular chemical exported was substandard and went in for verification.
It was soon found out that the Taiyeng Pharma Indus Company limited, the purported exporter of the chemical, was a non-existent entity.
The officials then summoned executives of Adcock Ingrams Limited, which imported 100 kilograms of diphenhydramine hydrocholoride from a Beijing-based pharma company, and sought clarifications on the nature of the business deal with the Beijing company.
CBI gets involved
Even sleuths of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which was informed about the matter, visited Adcock and seized vital documents for further investigations.
Senior company executive K Suamanyam, in his complaint to Pulakeshi Nagar police clarified that the company imported chemicals through SINO Bright Development Limited, a firm based in China.
Since the order was for a small quantity, it was decided to ship it by sea.
As per the order, Adcock sought 250 kilograms of mefanamic acid manufactured by Zhejiang Qiningu00a0Pharma Co Limited and 100 kgs diphenhydramine hydrochloride that was purportedly manufactured by the Beijing-basedu00a0 Taiyang Pharma Indus Company Limited.
