No less than 148 manufacturing corporations throughout the nation have been sanctioned by the Meals and Medicine Authority (FDA) for advertvertising unapproved merchandise from January up to now this yr.
The Head of Investigations on the FDA, Mr Matthew Nkum, who disclosed this, mentioned the businesses have been to pay administrative fines of GH¢25,000 every or extra relying on the variety of instances they’ve dedicated the offence.
In an interview with the Ghanaian Occasions on Friday, he mentioned a few of the corporations, together with producers of merchandise akin to cosmetics, natural medication, and media houses, had began paying the fines whereas that of the FDA’s authorized group was pursuing the prosecution of recalcitrant corporations.
Mr Nkum mentioned one other batch of 48 entities, together with three people, have additionally been cautioned for related offences.
He mentioned unapproved advertvertisements pose a hazard to public well being and defined that registering a product with the FDA doesn’t automatically authorise its commercial.
“After a product is registered, an utility or script should be submitted to the FDA for evaluation by a committee, which generally takes a couple of days earlier than approval for promotement,”Mr Nkum defined.
He mentioned “the method for advertvertisement is straight ahead, with a charge of GH¢600.”
As a part of measures to deal with the difficulty, Mr Nkum mentioned, the FDA has intensified its public sensitisation efforts on the significance of guaranteeing that merchandise are accepted earlier than being marketed.
He urged media homes to acquire approval letters from the FDA earlier than promoting any merchandise.
Mr Nkum assured the general public of the FDA’s steady dedication to make sure security and known as for public collaboration, including “shoppers ought to all the time search prescribed medication and be sure that merchandise are accepted earlier than use.”
to refund the cash despatched since she didn’t need that equipment. Amenya agreed however later knowledgeable complainant that there have been tractors accessible to be auctioned and Ms Bukaria achieve confirmed curiosity.
The courtroom was knowledgeable that Amenya was in a position to refund GH¢23,000.00 which was paid into the MOFA/MOF ESCROW’s account at Ghana Business Financial institution.
Once more, Amenya informed Ms Bukari that the Ministry wanted foodstuffs and complainant ought to provide meals stuff to cowl the steadiness of GH¢56,000 00.
He heard that Ms Bukari gave Amenya foodstuff amounting to GH¢32,300.00 and once more supplied foodstuffs amounting to GH¢23,510.00, and transferred the remaining GH¢1,500.00 (in money) to Amenya for the mentioned tractors, however he didn’t fulfil his promise. —GNA