DTI Surigao Norte warns public on unregistered food
products, food supplements
By Susil D. Ragas
SURIGAO CITY, Surigao del Norte, May 3 (PIA) – The
Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Surigao del Norte provincial office has
warned the public on the purchase and consumption of unregistered food products
and food supplement.
DTI provincial director Celestino L. Negapatan said
the directive is in connection with the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA)
Advisory No. 2017-110 issued on March 29, 2017 that warned the public on the
purchase and consumption of the following products and food supplement: Unregistered
Healthy Brain Pills; Unregistered Novo Puree Pure Bottled Water; and
Unregistered Holista Calcium Citrate.
According to Negapatan, the FDA post marketing
surveillance activities have verified that the abovementioned food supplement
have not gone through the registration process of the agency and have not been
issued the proper authorization in the form of Certificate of Product
Registration pursuant to Republic Act No. 9711 otherwise known as the “Food and
Drug Administration Act of 2009.”
Negapatan said that under the said act,
manufacture, importation, exportation, sale and, offering for sale,
distribution, transfer, non-consumer use, promotion, advertising or sponsorship
of health products without the proper authorization from FDA is prohibited.
He said, since unregistered food products and food
supplement have not gone through evaluation and testing process of the FDA, the
agency cannot guarantee their quality and safety. The consumption of such
unregistered products may pose potential health hazards to the consuming
public.
Food products including food supplements should not
bear any misleading, deceptive, and false claims in their labels and or any
promotional materials that will provide erroneous impression on products’
character or identity.
Negapatan said the FDA and DTI warned all concerned
establishments against distribution of the above identified unregistered food
products and food supplements until they have already been covered by the
appropriate authorization or product registration.
He then advised the public to report continuous
sale or distribution of the said food products and food supplement to FDA
reporting facility: online at www.fda.gov.ph/ereport, email via
report@dfa.gov.ph or call the Center for Food Regulation and Research hotline
number (02) 857-1991 to 93 or just visit the DTI Provincial Office located at
the 2nd Floor, Simtoco Business Center, Burgos Street, Surigao City or call at
telephone numbers (086) 826-6129/826-2373. (DTI-Surigao del Norte/PIA-Surigao
del Norte)
