Authorities have launched a major crackdown on illegal weight-loss supplements following the death of a person who reportedly ingested the product "Baschi", purchased online.
The Consumer Protection Police Division (CPPD), working jointly with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Sakon Nakhon Provincial Public Health Office, conducted raids at four locations in Sakon Nakhon and Nonthaburi, seizing 18 containers of the suspect product.
The operation was ordered by Pol Maj Gen Khongkrit Lertsittikul, CPPD commander, after investigations revealed that the supplement lacked FDA registration and had previously been flagged for containing sibutramine, a banned substance classified as a Type 1 controlled drug.
