The Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO), on January 01, 2026, issued a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for Filing, Processing and Disposal of applications for Compounding of Offences under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940.
The following has been stated namely:-
• Technical Data Associate/Senior Technical Data Associate/Drugs Inspector shall be responsible for reviewing the compounding of offence applications.
• The ADC(I)/DDC(IyJDC(I)/DCG(I) shall be responsible for the timely forwarding of the reporting authority report called by the Compounding Authority
• The reporting authority, within 05 days of receipt of the application, shall ask for the report from the concerned zonal/sub-zonal/port office in whose jurisdiction the offence has been committed with reference to the particulars furnished in the compounding application.
• The concerned head of the zonal/sub-zonal/port office shall forward their report within 10 days of receipt of the application, with reference to the particulars furnished in the compounding application.
[Notification no. Legal Cell -GNL-000]
