Products found to contain undeclared medicines
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| Taiwan: Taiwan Food and Drug Administration together with Criminal Police Brigade of Tainan City Police Department and other units raided internet sale of a food product “纖體美人” which is suspected to contain western medicine ingredients sibutramine |
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In Hong Kong, the above product is not a registered pharmaceutical product. The DH strongly urged the public not to buy or consume products of doubtful composition or from unknown sources. All registered pharmaceutical products should carry a Hong Kong registration number on the package in the format of “HK-XXXXX”. Safety, quality and efficacy of unregistered pharmaceutical products are not guaranteed.
Please refer to the following Chinese website for details:
http://www.drugoffice.gov.hk/eps/news/../26997.html
Ends/ Thursday, November 17, 2016
Issued at HKT 16:00
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