Five groups of dangerous substances found contaminating products include erectile dysfunction treatment medicines, weight-loss drugs, laxatives, steroids and stimulants, director-general Dr Sukhum Kanchanaphimai said on Tuesday. “We’ve found in our surveillance programme these dangerous substances being illegally mixed in various products registered and marketed as food supplements. In last year’s random tests on products marketed as food supplements, the department found 24% of them contained weight-loss drugs, either sibutramine or orlistat, or both of them, he said. About 29% of the supplements tested were found to contain erectile dysfunction drugs, mostly sildenafil. In random tests on beverages marketed as dietary supplements, the department found 3% of the tested samples contained sibutramine, Dr Sukhum said.

Source: Bangkok Post May 08, 2018 06:11 UTC