Products found to contain undeclared medicines
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| Canada: Foreign Product Alert: DR's Secret Bio Herbs Coffee, and Exhilarate were found to contain undeclared medicines |
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Health Canada announced that the following foreign health products have been found by regulators in other countries to contain undeclared allergens and or undeclared drug ingredients. The products are not authorized for sale in Canada and have not been found in the Canadian marketplace but it is possible they may have been brought into the country by travellers or purchased over the Internet.
The products were found to contain the following undeclared ingredients:
1) Unauthorized Sexual Enhancement Products
• DR's Secret Bio Herbs Coffee: undeclared tadalafil
2) Unauthorized Weight Loss Products
• Exhilarate: undeclared sibutramine, desmethylsibutramine, phenolphthalein
Consumers are advised to consult with a healthcare professional if they have health concerns related to the use of any of these products.
Please refer to the following website in Health Canada for details:
http://healthycanadians.gc.ca/recall-alert-rappel-avis/hc-sc/../59588a-eng.php
In Hong Kong, the above products are not registered pharmaceutical products. Related news was previously issued by the US FDA, and was posted on the Drug Office website on 2 June and 7 June 2016.
Ends/ Friday, July 29, 2016
Issued at HKT 15:00
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