Al-Marsad newspaper – SPA: The Food and Drug General Authority has imposed a fine of about 2.6 million riyals on a facility for violating a number of regulations, represented in the possession and manufacture of food products, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics inside a residential villa without obtaining a license from the “SFDA”.
Referral of violators to the Public Prosecution
She explained that (violators) were referred to the Public Prosecution for investigation and referred to the competent court to consider the application of a prison sentence of no more than (ten) years, or a fine of not more than (ten million) riyals, or both. This is due to the circulation of pharmaceutical and herbal preparations before their registration with the Authority.
Mixing and preparing unregistered products
In accordance with the Pharmaceutical and Herbal Facilities and Preparations Law and its Executive Regulations, the facility was fined with a total of 2,420,000 riyals of fines due to the practice of mixing and preparing unregistered products whose final product was classified as medicinal, herbal and health products before obtaining a license from the Food and Drug General Authority.
Storage, packaging and mixing without authorization
The facility also violated the food system for committing a violation of practicing storage, packaging and mixing activity without obtaining the regulatory licenses, the presence of expired food products, violating the requirements of the food label regulation, and the spice product containing salmonella higher than the permissible limit in the technical regulations, and the spice product containing colors It is not allowed to add it, and it was fined for these violations, with a total of 76,000 riyals in fines.
Trading unlisted and spoiled products
The authority indicated that it also violated the facility, according to the beauty products system, for trading unlisted products and spoiled products because they contain a high percentage of bacteria and fungi that exceeded the maximum allowed in the list of safety requirements in cosmetics and personal care. Rial).