Nowadays, by considering the number of companies producing health products, including laboratory diagnostic kits, it seems more necessary than ever to provide appropriate solutions for the validation of these companies’ products and also to identify valid products. One of the available solutions is to prepare the “authenticity label” and attach it on the manufactured products. The health care product authenticity program is a plan provided by the Food and Drug Organization of the country to track and distinguish original health care products from fake ones.
In this plan, the emphasis is on the use of decentralized methods of determining the authenticity of goods and centralized methods of identifying the authenticity of this category of products. All manufacturers can use this design considering a standard process to show the authenticity of their manufactured products.
The laboratory diagnosis kit is one of the widely used medical equipment in diagnosis laboratories, and their preparation and supply is fraught with problems such as the presence of smuggled and non-standard kits and the lack of assurance of the authenticity of the goods purchased by the laboratories. Such problems can be seen with many domestic production kits, which sometimes have neither a manufacturing license nor an authenticity label, and this category of non-standard products can have more consequences.
The reasons for the requirement to use the authenticity label:
- Managing the supply of goods and the ability to recognize and track the main goods in the country
- Quality control and supervision on the supply of original goods in the country
- Ensuring the provision of quality goods to the consumer
- It is easy for the consumer to distinguish authentic from non-authentic products
- Fast detection of non-original goods by the organization and preventing its supply to the consumer
In line with the requirements of the organization and regulatory bodies, including the Food and Drug Organization, the General Department of Medical Equipment and the Ministry of Health, Amir Payvand Knowledge Base Research and Development Company (Ap-RAD) commits itself to attach the authenticity label of the products produced in AP-RAD Company. The product authenticity label produced in this company has information such as: product commercial identifier (GTIN), tracking identifier (UID), serial number (Lot/Batch Number), expiration date (Exp Date) and authenticity identifier.
Ways to check and control product authenticity in new labels:
1- Inquiry through the address http://www.ttac.ir
You can inquire about the authenticity of the purchased product by log in to the above address and entering each of the requested codes in its own place.
2- Inquiries through SMS
Authenticity ID is included on authenticity labels. This identifier is a 16-digit code and is covered by a layer that will be revealed after scratching and removing this layer by the consumer. This ID can be checked and controlled through SMS number 20008822 or IVR number 0216185 and ensure the authenticity of the purchased product.
3- Querying the barcode on the label
The barcodes on the label (QRCode) can be read through a smartphone.
It is obvious that if there is any discrepancy in the information received after inquiring about the available kit with the label of the Amir Payvand knowledge-based Research and Development company and if the desired product is not confirmed through the above methods, the authenticity of the product is not confirmed. Therefore, if you see such cases, immediately inform this company for further follow-up.