KUMUD JENAMANI
Jamshedpur, July 18: Management of beauty parlours across the state will have to pull up their socks while dealing with customers in the days to come.
The beauty parlours and unisex salons may no longer get away with the hush-hush way they invariably run their business having earned a name for making wishful profits.
The office of the state drugs control, which is an integrated part of the state health department, has already taken an initiative in this regard, the impact of which is likely to be reflected in the beauty parlour industry soon.
Deputy Director of state drugs control directorate, Sumant Kumar Tiwari, has recently submitted a proposal seeking registration of all the beauty parlours and unisex salons so that the Drugs and Cosmetics Rules-1945 can be followed strictly.
According to the proposal, a copy of which is with lagatar24.com, the base of the need for getting all the parlours and salons registered with the drugs control department is the findings of inspections carried out by two drugs inspectors in Ranchi and Lohardaga in May this year.
In May, two drug inspectors had inspected as many as 10 beauty parlours, unisex salons and also stores dealing in cosmetic items in the capital Ranchi and Lohardaga.
During the meticulous inspection, it was found that the cosmetic items being used for the customers had doctored labels and stickers pertaining to the price tag and expiry date in some of the parlours. Moreover, the management of most of the organisations inspected was found running the business without maintaining records about the return of the expired products, suggesting that the customers turning up at the parlours and stores must have been subjected to getting served with expired cosmetic items.
The deputy director when asked said in absence of strict regulations in place in the state the beauty parlours, unisex salons and cosmetic stores, especially in cities like Ranchi, Jamshedpur, Dhanbad and Hazaribagh, the management of such organisations are not only tending to use and sell expired products, including the bridal makeup kits but also charging wishfully.
“During a prolonged lockdown due to the pandemic, all beauty parlours and unisex salons and also the cosmetic stores were closed. Now, after the market was reopened, the cosmetics that have expired are still being used and sold to the customers by a section of such organisations. Hence, there cannot be a better time to bring about strict regulations for those engaged in the beauty parlours business,” said the deputy director.
He said once such parlours, salons and cosmetic stores are registered under the drug control department, the authority concerned will be able to inspect all such organisations from time to time to ensure that the Drugs and Cosmetics Rules are followed to the letter.
Tiwari pointed out he has submitted the proposal to the director of state drugs control directorate Ritu Sahay adding that as soon as the proposal is sanctioned, he would ensure that every beauty parlour, unisex salon and store are registered with the department concerned.
