The Food and Drug Authority has seized more than 186 violating establishments and 173 types of food, pharmaceutical and cosmetic products and medical devices and supplies during about 1,806 surveillance and inspection visits conducted during the months of July and August of the current year 2024. Did it. AD, as part of his efforts to ensure the safety of the products under his supervision.
One of the most prominent items seized during the month of July as part of field survey work was a “doughnut” manufacturing factory, which operated without obtaining a license in the Eastern Province, and carried out the manufacturing process in poor manufacturing conditions. Is. Where sewage is leaking outside the bathrooms and in the corridors, that too has been stopped and legal proceedings are being completed against it.
In the Tabuk region, as part of field surveys in agricultural areas, a vehicle transporting goods was observed near a building, and it turned out to be a warehouse in which storage activity was being carried out without obtaining a license from the authority. Oil containers and Other damaged containers were confiscated, and they were stored in inappropriate conditions, suitable for a food product, the warehouse has been closed, and regulatory procedures are being carried out against it.
During the month of August, a pharmaceutical warehouse carrying out the activity of storage and trading of pharmaceutical preparations of unknown origin in the Eastern Province was monitored, issuing several violations in accordance with the Pharmaceutical Establishments and Preparations Law and the Code of Good Distribution and Storage Gone were the traditions. Regular procedures were implemented and a financial fine of approximately (795,900) riyals was imposed.
Within the framework of joint cooperation with government agencies, and after receiving a report from the Saudi Intellectual Property Authority regarding the presence of a residence in the Makkah al-Mukarramah area, which is being used as a laboratory for medical glasses. is, and in coordination between inspectors of both parties found that this place is an apartment used to store rigid medical lenses and eyeglass frames, and, accordingly, products violating storage requirements, the quantity of which ( 12) Thousand was confiscated, and records of storage violation and failure to obtain marketing authorization certificate were issued.
The impact of these visits and seizures is reflected in increasing the commitment of establishments subject to the authority's supervision to ensure the safety and quality of food, pharmaceutical, medical and cosmetic products, to protect consumers from commercial fraud and infringing products, and to comply with regulations. Regulations and Specifications.
The Food and Drug Administration called on people to report violations by calling the unified number if they notice violations in establishments under their supervision.