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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warns the public from purchasing and consumption of the following unregistered food products and food supplements with unapproved advertisements and promotions:

  1. Maca + American Ginseng Capsules Food Supplement
  2. Spirulina Tablets Food Sipplements
  3. KIVEPLAS w/ Kibizu, 70 Vegetable Enzyme Blends, Placenta Extract, Astaxanthin

The FDA verified through post-marketing surveillance that the abovementioned food product and food supplements are not registered and the Certificate of Product Registration (CPR) have not yet been issued. Pursuant to the Republic Act No. 9711, otherwise known as the “Food and Drug Administration Act of 2009”, the manufacture, importation, exportation, sale, offering for sale, distribution, transfer, non-consumer use, promotion, advertising or sponsorship of health products without the proper authorization is prohibited.

Likewise, all claims in the advertisements are false, deceptive, and misleading. As per Administrative Order 2010-0008, no person shall advertise, promote, or use in any sponsorship any food/dietary supplements unless such product is duly registered and approved by the Food and Drug Adminisration.

Since these unregistered food product and food supplements have not gone through evaluation process of the FDA, the agency cannot assure their quality and safety. The consumption of such violative products may pose health risks to consumers.

In light of the foregoing, the public is advised not to purchase the aforementioned violative products. Moreover, the public is advised to always check if a food product or food supplement is registered with the FDA. The FDA website (www.fda.gov.ph) has a Search feature which may be used by typing in the name of the product before purchasing.

All concerned establishments are warned not to distribute violative food products until they have been issued the appropriate authorization, a License to Operate (LTO) for the establishment, and a CPR for the food products.

All FDA Regional Field Offices and Regulatory Enforcement Units, in coordination with law enforcement agencies and Local Government Units, are requested to ensure that violative products are not sold or made available in the market or areas of jurisdiction.

To report any sale or distribution of unregistered food products, kindly contact us through email at [email protected].

Dissemination of this advisory to all concerned is hereby requested.

Attachment:-> FDA Advisory No.2020-1358