FDA: PH market ‘flooded’ with fake meds, beauty products

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has warned that the Philippine market is flooded with unregistered and fake pharmaceutical and beauty products, made locally or sourced from abroad.

“The public or the consumers must always be vigilant against these fake medicines for they may be contaminated, contain wrong or no active ingredient, could have the right active ingredient but at the wrong dose, and may cause more harm than good to their health if taken,” FDA Director General Nela Charade Puno said recently.