FDA warns public against purchase, use of Wawang Mosquito Coil products
Published May 20, 2018 06:53 pm
By Analou De Vera
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has warned the public against the purchase and use of a mosquito coil pesticide product that has been banned for sale due to its potential health hazards to consumers.
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Retired Police Gen. Allen Bantolo, FDA Regulatory Enforcement Unit (REU) chief, said the non-FDA registered Wawang High Quality Mosquito Coil pesticide had been banned for public sale by the agency in an advisory (FDA Order No. 2017-034) issued by FDA director general Nela Charade G. Puno on July 11, 2017.
The FDA issued anew a warning after its REU agents and other authorities recently accosted eight sari-sari store owners in Barangay 649, Baseco, Tondo, Manila and seized a total of 438 boxes of the said mosquito coil product.
"Despite the FDA advisory against Wawang Mosquito Coil products, some unscrupulous traders and vendors still peddle them in the market, particularly in the urban areas of the country like the Baseco Compound, where many consumers purchase them not knowing their possible health hazards,” Bantolo said.
Bantolo said their agency cannot guarantee the said product's quality, efficacy, and safety because they may contain harmful or toxic chemicals that may pose danger to human and animal health.
"Said pesticide product has not gone through the FDA registration process and has not been issued the proper marketing authorization. And use of such product may pose potential health hazards to the consuming public,” he added.
“The use of substandard and possibly adulterated household/urban pesticide products may result to adverse reactions including but not limited to skin irritation, itchiness, anaphylactic shock, respiratory disorders, endocrine complications, brain damage and organ failure,” he added.
In order to avoid the purchase of counterfeit or unregistered products, the FDA reminded the public to only buy from reputable stores and dealers and always check if it's FDA approved.
(photo by wikimedia commons)
Retired Police Gen. Allen Bantolo, FDA Regulatory Enforcement Unit (REU) chief, said the non-FDA registered Wawang High Quality Mosquito Coil pesticide had been banned for public sale by the agency in an advisory (FDA Order No. 2017-034) issued by FDA director general Nela Charade G. Puno on July 11, 2017.
The FDA issued anew a warning after its REU agents and other authorities recently accosted eight sari-sari store owners in Barangay 649, Baseco, Tondo, Manila and seized a total of 438 boxes of the said mosquito coil product.
"Despite the FDA advisory against Wawang Mosquito Coil products, some unscrupulous traders and vendors still peddle them in the market, particularly in the urban areas of the country like the Baseco Compound, where many consumers purchase them not knowing their possible health hazards,” Bantolo said.
Bantolo said their agency cannot guarantee the said product's quality, efficacy, and safety because they may contain harmful or toxic chemicals that may pose danger to human and animal health.
"Said pesticide product has not gone through the FDA registration process and has not been issued the proper marketing authorization. And use of such product may pose potential health hazards to the consuming public,” he added.
“The use of substandard and possibly adulterated household/urban pesticide products may result to adverse reactions including but not limited to skin irritation, itchiness, anaphylactic shock, respiratory disorders, endocrine complications, brain damage and organ failure,” he added.
In order to avoid the purchase of counterfeit or unregistered products, the FDA reminded the public to only buy from reputable stores and dealers and always check if it's FDA approved.