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Thu, 10/06/2011 - 11:50
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INDONESIAN AGENCY SEIZES DRUGS ILLEGALLY SOLD ONLINE
JAKARTA, Oct 6 (Bernama) -- An Indonesian enforcement agency has seized a total of 57 brands of medicinal drugs worth Rp82 million (US$9,184) that were illegally marketed online, most of which were sexual stimulants.
The drugs confiscated by the Food and Drug Monitoring Agency had been for sale on 30 websites.
BPOM had teamed up with the National Police and Interpol to conduct a week-long drug control operation “Pangea” in 81 countries all across the globe from Sept 20 to 27 this year.
This year is the first time that Indonesia has joined the annual operation, which has been running since 2008.
“Twenty-six of the brands were drugs for male sexual dysfunctions, 10 for female libido, seven were anesthetic drugs, 12 were traditional drugs, five were slimming drugs, seven were embrocation products and two were food supplements,” head of BPOM Kustantinah told local media Wednesday.
According to the list distributed to reporters, most of the seized drugs were Chinese-branded and were mosly distributed in the Tanjung Duren area, East Jakarta, in Palmerah in West Jakarta and Cikokol in Greater Jakarta.
BPOM also reported that it had confiscated 21 kinds of Indonesian
traditional herbal products, known as jamu, and warned the public to be extra careful in consuming jamu.
The number of jamu products containing chemicals had however decreased in the last five years, said the agency.
“Only 0.72 percent of the jamu products on the market this year contain chemicals,” Kustantinah said.
Meanwhile head of the Indonesia Jamu Entrepreneurs Association Charles Saerang said the jamu products containing chemicals sold on the market were all foreign-branded.
-- BERNAMA
The drugs confiscated by the Food and Drug Monitoring Agency had been for sale on 30 websites.
BPOM had teamed up with the National Police and Interpol to conduct a week-long drug control operation “Pangea” in 81 countries all across the globe from Sept 20 to 27 this year.
This year is the first time that Indonesia has joined the annual operation, which has been running since 2008.
“Twenty-six of the brands were drugs for male sexual dysfunctions, 10 for female libido, seven were anesthetic drugs, 12 were traditional drugs, five were slimming drugs, seven were embrocation products and two were food supplements,” head of BPOM Kustantinah told local media Wednesday.
According to the list distributed to reporters, most of the seized drugs were Chinese-branded and were mosly distributed in the Tanjung Duren area, East Jakarta, in Palmerah in West Jakarta and Cikokol in Greater Jakarta.
BPOM also reported that it had confiscated 21 kinds of Indonesian
traditional herbal products, known as jamu, and warned the public to be extra careful in consuming jamu.
The number of jamu products containing chemicals had however decreased in the last five years, said the agency.
“Only 0.72 percent of the jamu products on the market this year contain chemicals,” Kustantinah said.
Meanwhile head of the Indonesia Jamu Entrepreneurs Association Charles Saerang said the jamu products containing chemicals sold on the market were all foreign-branded.
-- BERNAMA
