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FDA warns vs unauthorized use of logos

/ 05:12 AM March 18, 2023

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cautioned the public against buying certain cough syrup products from Indonesia found by the World Health Organization (WHO) as “substandard,” a month after the regulatory agency also warned of India-made cough syrups.

PHOTO: Food and Drug Administration (FDA) official facebook page

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has warned unscrupulous sellers against the unauthorized use of its logo as well as that of its parent agency, the Department of Health (DOH), to sell bogus health products on social media platforms.

In a March 14 advisory, the FDA said it was alerted to online posts about “public health recommendations” that claimed that certain health products were backed by the FDA or DOH. —Kathleen de Villa

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