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MINISTRY ANNOUNCEMENT
24/02/2009-Announcements

Circulars on Products in violation of specifications and approved standard

From January 2009 until April 2010

 

 

Title of circular

Type of Product

Date of Expiry

Country of Origin

Reason

 

Cosmetic Krack antiseptic cream 50 cm-batch.no.kr 164

Cosmetic

-

-

A medical consultation  is required

 

Bomb bag product

A substance releases a bad smell

-

-

A substance releases a bad smell

 

Children sweets in the shape of cigarettes called football gum

Children sweets

-

-

Children sweets in the shape of cigarettes

 

Reservations on some Himalaya   shampoo products

Shampoo

-

-

A harmful substance to human health

 

Uniki company stores for dairies and foodstuff as Saham, Ibri, Khasab, Al Kamil and Nizwa

Dairies

-

-

Inappropriate cooling temperature

 

Falsification of Baby food

Baby food

-

-

Placing false details cards for baby food on the original cards made for cats food

 

Cream products

- Diana cream

- Pohli cream

- Pali cream

- Rose cream

-Stelmince cream

- argesey for whitening

-uoko for whitening

-amira magic cream

- ideal cream

- kelay cream

-

-

Without permit from Ministry of Health

 

Children Toys

Seven crystal boll

Children Toys

-

-

Have small colored shapes multiply in size when immersed in water or any other liquid

 

Children Shampoo (Rolana)

Children Shampoo

Damam – Saudi Arabia

-

Infected with a microbe may lead to infecting children with toxemia (blood poisoning), meningitis, conjunctivitis, urinary system and skin infection and eventually die.

 

Supplementary food and Weight reduction products (Subterranean )  34 brand

Supplementary food

-

-

Cause high blood pressure and heart beat leading to high risk to heart and high blood pressure patients and to coronary artery

 

Tiger Power Enlarging Men Gel (3in1)

Cream

-

-

Locally  position   applied cream for men causes health hazards and distributed without having a permit from the Ministry

 

Skin Cream

(JIAOLI)

Cream

-

Made in China

There are no components written on it either in Arabic or in English, which may lead to health hazards to the consumer, therefore it is not permitted to be sold according to the approved specifications and regulations.

 

Withdrawal of Supplementary food

-DURA TONIC

- LIBIMAX

-

-

Used as a general body strength substance, which is categorized in the Viagra group and has many medical intervention with other medications used by heart patients which may lead to adverse health hazards that may lead to death in some cases.

 

Prohibition of some types of paints used to paint children faces

- Blue Face Paint 85/2007

-Purple Face Paint 85/2078

- Red Face Paint 85/2079

-Orange Face Paint 85/2080

-Black Face Paint 85/2081

-Green Face Paint 85/2082

-

-

Cause some health hazards such as skin rash with scratching,  burning and swelling at the painted spots and it is contaminated with some types of bacteria

 

Easy Clean Soap

Soap

-

KSA

Contaminated with two types of bacteria: Serrati marcescene

Pseudomonas putida

 

Powder

- stealth chocolate

- stealth vanilla

Powder

-

-

Contaminated with salmonella  causing bacterial infection that may lead in some cases to death among children, elderly people and people with low immunity

 

Ramadan food

Ramadan food

-

-

Apply health requirements  in preparing meals in restaurants and café

 

Saffron products cheated with color substances.

Al Hakeem Saffron- Shaiba- The Healthy Saffrom- Al Raffa- Wadi Al Nahal- Sera

-

-

Contain artificial colors that breach the standard specifications.

 

Placing hand sterilizers

sterilizer

-

-

Placing sterilizers in the entrance of the premises for the prevention from H1N1

 

ClucoLife Herb Compound

ClucoLife Herbal Compound

-

-

Contains of arsenic and lead with percentages higher then the internationally allowed limits. They are of high toxicity components that damage the liver, kidneys and causes anemia. It is not registered with the Ministry of Health and not allowed to be imported and handled.

 

Aryaf frozen Chicken

Frozen Chicken

-

Sultanate of Oman

Polluted by the Salmonella and breaches the packing conditions identified by the Omani (Gulf) Standard Specifications No. 1986 for the Frozen Chicken. .

 

Gelatins Bolls

Gelatin Bolls

-

-

Prohibited from handling because of its direct hazard to the consumers, especially the children.

 

Seven Color Srystal  Boll

Sweet

-

China

Small animal shaped bolls that double in size when put in water or any liquid. It harms the health of the children when swallowed as a sweet.

 

Basmati Rice

Rice

-

-

A comprehensive survey to be carried out to the imported Basmati rice.

 

Chinese Herbal Medicine

 

Herbal Medicine Ginseng Kianbi from POHLI brand.

-

-

Contains high toxicity mercury that leads to the cancer and kidney failure.

 

Designing Commercial Signboards for shops

Commercial Signboards

-

-

Installing commercial signboard similar to the Omani Flag colors and other countries' Flags colors.

 

Withdrawal of in violation medicinal products

-

-

-

Medicinal Product which are not registered with the Ministry of Health and imported illegally, therefore not allowed to be handled in the pharmacies and shops.

 

Withdrawal of in violation medicinal products

Garlic pearls compound from Ranbaxy Company

-

India

Registered with the Ministry of Health and allowed to be handled in the markets, pharmacies and shops.

 

Can of Gelatin Substance

sweet

-

-

Gelatin substance of unknown components. Using and eating it is harmful to children health.

 

Restraint on polluted food products

Food product of Kroger brand

-

-

Polluted by the salmonella

 

American Hazelnuts products and Spanish Eggs

Firstone Frames –Canadian Hazelnuts –Oregon Hazelnuts

-

-

contain salmonella bacteria harmful to health (quarantined)

 

Heinz Products contaminated with

bacteria

Children Food

-

-

All products were released after being quarantined following the inspectors visit and undertaking all necessary correction procedures

 

Turkish Labnah

Not Turkish but hydrogenated oils

(origin)

Consumer Protection Society – Bahrain

-

Has harmful effects to human health and added to other substances to give the same shape and taste of labanh

 

Juices products (Al Fardoas Brand)

Juices

Orange flavor

Production date: 7/2008

Expiry date: 7/2010

 

Mango flavor

Production date: 2/2009

Expiry date: 2/2011

India

weight –

2,25 g

bad manufacturing and sugar is not analogous with other ingredients and product is solid after opening

 

Milk substitutes products (Hero baby brand)

Milk substitutes products made of wheat

Production date: 12/5/2009

Expiry date: 11/5/2010

weight –

150 g

Contaminated with bacteria

 

 

 

 

 

 
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