{"id":107622,"date":"2025-10-31T09:27:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T09:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/107622\/"},"modified":"2025-10-31T09:27:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T09:27:07","slug":"thailand-seizes-2-million-herbal-inhalers-worth-over-4-8m-from-illegal-factories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/107622\/","title":{"rendered":"Thailand seizes 2 million herbal inhalers worth over $4.8m from illegal factories"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">BANGKOK \u2013 Thailand\u2019s Food and Drug Administration (FDA), in collaboration with the Consumer Protection Police Division and the Samut Sakhon Provincial Public Health Office, has seized more than two million herbal inhalers worth over 120 million baht (S$4.8 million) from four illegal manufacturing sites.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The raid followed laboratory findings that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/asia\/se-asia\/thailand-issues-health-warning-on-batch-of-popular-hong-thai-herbal-inhalers?ref=inline-article\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"gap-x-04 items-center inline text-primary-60 select-auto\" aria-label=\"link\" target=\"_blank\" data-testid=\"custom-link\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular inline\" data-testid=\"paragraph-test-id\">Hong Thai herbal Inhalers were contaminated with harmful microorganisms<\/p>\n<p><\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Police investigations revealed that although the company had obtained a manufacturing licence for a Bangkok factory located in Bang Phai, Bang Khae district, it had secretly produced the herbal products elsewhere without FDA approval \u2013 a serious violation of public health laws. <\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">On Oct 30, the authorities conducted raids at four illegal production and storage locations, confiscating nine types of herbal products totalling more than 2,350,000 items, with an estimated value exceeding 120 million baht.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Ms Supatra Boonserm, secretary-general of the FDA, stressed that entrepreneurs must comply strictly with the law, warning that producing or selling counterfeit herbal medicines carries a maximum penalty of 10 years\u2019 imprisonment, a fine of up to one million baht, or both.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">She added that the FDA will urgently initiate a recall of all counterfeit or unsafe herbal inhalers linked to this case. Samples have been sent to the Department of Medical Sciences for further analysis and results will be publicly announced soon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">\u201cThe contaminated Hong Thai herbal inhalers found at these four unauthorised facilities come in various formulations and production batches. Products made in such illegal sites cannot be guaranteed for safety or quality and may contain hazardous substances harmful to health,\u201d Ms Supatra stated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">She urged consumers to exercise caution when purchasing herbal products and to carefully check for signs of irregularity or unauthorised labelling.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Consumers who encounter suspicious or unlicensed products are encouraged to report them via the FDA hotline on 1556 or at provincial public health offices nationwide. 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