The Consumer Affairs Authority has seized a stock of substandard animal medicines that had not been registered with the Department of Animal Production and Health, NewsFirst reported.
The seizure was made during a special joint raid conducted by the CAA and the department.
The stock weighed 1,090 kilograms and was valued at close to Rs. 3 million, the report said.
The Consumer Affairs Authority said steps have been taken to destroy the seized medicines.
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Unregistered veterinary products carry particular risk because they enter the food chain through livestock and poultry, and because dosing errors from substandard preparations are difficult to detect before animals are sold.
NewsFirst did not identify the premises raided, the district, the trader involved, or whether prosecutions are planned.
The seizure is the latest in a sustained enforcement run by the CAA this month. The authority has raided an unlicensed pharmaceutical warehouse in Havelock Town, fined traders over expired Ayurvedic medicines, and reported 471 pharmacy raids so far in 2026. Those cases involved medicines for human use and are separate from Tuesday’s veterinary seizure.
