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LETTER OF INSTRUCTIONS NO. 1223 |
Minister of National Defense
Minister of Justice
SUBJECT : Authorizing the Minister of Health, the Food and Drug Administration, to Effectively Administer R.A. 3720, otherwise known as the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, in the Interest of Consumer Protection.
WHEREAS, the Food and Drug Administration is mandated under R.A. 3720 to administer and supervise the implementation of said law;
WHEREAS, there has been a proliferation of fake, adulterated, misbranded and expired foods and drugs;
WHEREAS, to fully attain the policy of the State to insure good quality supply of food, drug and cosmetics to protect the health of the people, it becomes necessary and imperative that the following measures be effected immediately.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby order and direct:
1.
That any article or articles of food, drug, device or cosmetic that is
adulterated, counterfeited or misbranded when introduced into the
domestic commerce, shall be liable to seizure and condemnation upon
order of the Minister of Health.
2. The members
of the Philippine Constabulary so selected by the Chief of Constabulary
may arrest any person, directly or indirectly involved in the sale,
distribution, manufacture or offering for sale of adulterated,
misbranded, counterfeited or expires food, drug or device.
3. All food,
drug and cosmetic products intended for sale and distribution in
domestic commerce must carry the compulsory ingredient labelling
requirements, including but not limited to lot or batch number and
expiry dates.
4. The
Minister of Health, upon recommendation of the Food and Drug
Administrator, is hereby empowered to cause the closure of any food,
drug and cosmetic establishment, found to have violated the provisions
of R.A. 3720 and its implementing rules and regulations.
5. The
Minister of National Defense through the appropriate agencies of the
Ministry, shall see to it that the orders issued by the Minister of
Health for the suspension, revocation and closure of establishments
violating the provisions of the Food, Drug and Cosmetics Act are
strictly enforced.
6. The
Minister of Justice is hereby directed to institute immediately legal
proceedings against persons accused of violations of the provisions of
this Letter of Instructions and shall see to it that the maximum
penalty is imposed against persons found guilty thereof pursuant to
existing provisions of laws.
Strict compliance herewith is enjoined.
Done in the City of Manila, this 13th day of April, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-two.
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