The Central regional business of the Food stuff and Prescription drugs Authority (Food and drug administration) had seized additional than 1,285 unregistered assorted products in some components of Central Location.
The unregistered items were being seized from herbal amenities, lorry stations, data centres and markets in Abura Asebu Kwamankese, Assin South, Assin Central, Gomoa West, Gomoa Central and Agona West.
The marketplaces ended up Agona Swedru, Mankessim, Agona West and Assin Fosu Markets.
Mr John Odai-Tettey, the Regional Head of the Authority, in an interview with the Ghana Information Company after the exercising, mentioned the goods had been seized after dawn swoops amongst Monday, April 27 to Thursday, 29.
He defined that the solutions had been not registered by the Fda and ended up not supposed to be marketed in the current market.
The products were being mainly organic concoctions that had no labels on them to suggest the kind of ingredients employed in their preparation and experienced no directions detailing the proper utilization.
He explained, the shift shaped part of a sustained energy by the Fda to clamp down on dealers of unwholesome merchandise to safeguard the life of people.
The Fda will carry on to secure general public overall health by guaranteeing the basic safety, efficacy and protection of human and veterinary medications, foodstuff, biological solutions, cosmetics, health-related units, household chemical substances, tobacco and perform scientific checks.
“We will go on to regulate, verify, keep an eye on and seize all unregistered, fake and substandard medications and clinical units supplied to hospitals, pharmacies and all unauthorised places throughout the country”, he reported.
“We will frequently make certain that only wholesome solutions are registered, inspected and certified even though surveillance and medical trial activities are carried out in conformity with the applicable countrywide and global benchmarks to meet customer gratification.”
Mr Odai-Tettey said the Food and drug administration experienced routinely organised schooling programmes for drug sellers and brands in the Region and appealed to stakeholders to support it flush out the illegal drug sellers in the method.
He explained the suspects would be dealt with in accordance to the legislation to provide as a deterrent to many others.
