The DTI and
BFAD shall ensure and monitor the safety, therapeutic and bioequivalence, and post-marketing of said supplemental medicines, dietary preparations and other related supplements including herbal preparations.
Meanwhile, 34 of the 35 products that were recently tested for melamine contamination were cleared of the dangerous chemical, said
BFAD.
Our editor, Michelle Robbins, met with Modine to find out more about his experiences and his hopes for the
BFAD project:
The
BFAD will transfer the following responsibilities to the BHDT:
PITC and
BFAD's effort to exercise early working rights on Norvasc are what prompted Pfizer's suit.
The
BFAD director, on the other hand, would be tasked to define the "approved sources" of bottled water, establish the criteria to determine the adequacy as well as the protection of "approved sources" of bottled water, including but not limited to: minimum well construction standards; minimum distance separation from upstream wastewater discharges and minimum distance separations from abandoned wells, septic tanks, waste impoundment and landfills.
'We manufacture our own using only organic products that have been approved by the
BFAD. So they're totally safe to use,' she stresses.
Meanwhile, 28 other products from China and other countries were found negative for melamine, said health department's Bureau of Food and Drugs (
BFAD) laboratory chief Maria Lourdes Santiago.
Pfizer in March filed suit in local court against the Philippine International Trading Corporation (PITC) and the Bureau of Food and Drugs (
BFAD), as well as two
BFAD regulators, alleging patent infringement.
The bill requires the labeling of pet food products, specifying in the packaging all information on the ingredients and additives especially if such additive is a proven carcinogen or proven to cause detrimental side effects based on standards to be set by the Bureau of Food and Drugs (
BFAD).