Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration has found medicines and food supplements manufactured by several manufacturers, between August 16 and September 15, to be of substandard quality.

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The medicines and food supplements had failed to meet the standards set by Drug Control Laboratory of the FDA, an official release said in Mumbai.

The medicines include Vitamin B-complex of a company from Hyderabad, Oxytocin injection and Forte capsules from two Bihar-based companies, two batches of Aspirin tablets from a company in Daman, the release said.

Medicare Infusion set of a company in Ahmedabad, Lobate-G-skin cream of a Pithampur-based company, Isopropyl rubbing alcohol of a company in Indore, Dexamethasone tablets and Ibuprofen and Norfloxacin of a company in Muzaffarnagar were also found to be not meeting the FDA standards, it said.

Other products include Povidone-Iodine solution of a Pune-based company and Norfloxacin tablets of a company in Palghar, Thane, the release added.