12th April 2023 3:45:20 PM
1 min readThe Ashanti Regional Office of the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) in collaboration with the South Suntreso Police has arrested unscrupulous people trading and peddling unregistered drugs.
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The arrests were made in a swoop on unregistered drugs at Community Information Centers in the Kumasi Metropolis.
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of the seized unregistered drugs in a joint police and FDA exercise
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Mr. John Laryea Adai Tetey, the Ashanti Regional Head of FDA said at a press briefing that the exercise was conducted to bring the offenders in compliance in accordance with the Public Health Act 2012, Act 851.
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According to him, the authority is mandated to ensure that, Medicine, food Tobacco, and all other food products meet standards as well as ensure that those perpetrating the illegality are punished.
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Mr. Tetey stated that the staff sometimes work beyond working hours to make sure they sanitize the market against these unscrupulous people and trading illegally.
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searching for unregistered products
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He cautioned that anyone found selling unregistered drugs or food products would face the law stressing that community information centers that advertise or help sell such products would not be left out of the book.
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Mr. Tetey advised the public to always visit registered health facilities, pharmacists or health shops to be diagnosed appropriately.
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