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Senators raised concerns over the continued online sale of counterfeit and unsafe health products, urging the FDA, online platforms, and law enforcement to step up consumer protection.

READ: https://mb.com.ph/2026/01/27/senators-grill-fda-over-online-sale-of-counterfeit-unregistered-health-products

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00:00Sabi mo, ilang kayo?
00:01800.
00:01O, ito.
00:02Pakita ko sa'yo.
00:04O, tamad kayo eh.
00:06Look at this.
00:07These are Chinese products
00:08na nabibili sa binondo.
00:11Na sinabi nyo,
00:12warning,
00:13masama sa kalusugan.
00:14Huwag tangkilikin.
00:15And yet,
00:16pinapabayaan nyo
00:17na nagkalat to
00:18sa binondo at sa kasyapo.
00:20Ayun o,
00:21mga Chinese products.
00:22Meron pa dito,
00:22may amphetamine pa.
00:24O,
00:25sabi nyo,
00:25masama sa kalusugan.
00:27Bakit yung pinapayagan?
00:29Bakit di kayo nag-raig?
00:30Di ba,
00:30meron kayong enforcement group
00:32na arm
00:34kung kayo kailangan?
00:35Di ba?
00:36Tapos meron pang biogesic dito na fake.
00:39O,
00:39nasa inyong biogesic na fake.
00:42Meron din kami nabili
00:43fake na biogesic,
00:46fake na NEOZEF,
00:51and fake na DECOLGEN.
00:54Ayan.
00:56Alam nyo,
00:57Director General,
00:59itong mga fake na medicines.
01:02Hindi natin alam
01:02kung anong formulation ito.
01:03Maring masama sa kalusugan ito.
01:06Kung hindi man siguro effective,
01:08okay lang sana.
01:09Hindi tumatalab.
01:11Pero paano kung may side effect?
01:14Bakit hindi nyo po na,
01:16na huhuli ito?
01:18Ba't kami?
01:19800 ang tao nyo,
01:20ay kami ang tao ko,
01:21dalawa lang,
01:21ang tumutok dito,
01:22ang dami namin nagawa.
01:23Yung sinasabi nyo yung
01:261,000,
01:2750,000,
01:28mga nakumpis ka nyo,
01:30eh kung kami nga,
01:31eh,
01:31milyones na agad.
01:33Dalawang tao lang.
01:35Ano pa?
01:36Napadaw namin,
01:37napa,
01:38na-flug down.
01:39Don't use that word
01:42na kulang kayo sa tao.
01:44O katuloy yung sinabi
01:44ni Senator Irwin
01:45sa Palawan.
01:47Since 2018,
01:51eh importante yun
01:51para sa libre,
01:54dialysis,
01:55sa probinsya.
01:57Hindi maaproba-probahan,
01:58why?
01:59Kasi hindi kinaka-focus doon.
02:00Kasi walang lagay yun, eh.
02:02Kaya itisinang tabi nyo.
02:03Pero kung may mag-apply na
02:04malaking form,
02:05may short-up companies,
02:06I bet you,
02:07aprubahan nyo agad yun.
02:08Eh kung hindi pala
02:09tumaw si St. Irwin,
02:11tenga lang yun.
02:13It's either inutil,
02:15tamad,
02:16or
02:16nag-antay ng lagay.
02:17Ganun lang po yun.
02:20You guys are not doing anything.
02:21Akala ko ba,
02:22eh, mag-resign ka.
02:23Paano yan, sir?
02:24Yung
02:25hinamog kita dito noon,
02:27na
02:27kapag naipadown ko yung mga
02:29hindi nyo mapadown down
02:30for so many months and years,
02:33mag-resign ka.
02:33Sabi mo,
02:34we'll comply.
02:35And then hinamog ulit
02:36yung boss mo,
02:37si DOH Secretary,
02:39na sabi ko,
02:40yung meron pa nga kayong produkto
02:42na 12 years na,
02:42hindi nyo mapadown down,
02:43matakedown.
02:45Saka yung mga sa
02:45advisory,
02:46sabi ko,
02:46paano kung mapatakedown ko yan
02:47at hindi nyo mapatakedown?
02:49Sabi kay DOH Secretary,
02:51Airbosa,
02:52would you ask
02:52Attorney Teston
02:53to resign?
02:54Sabi niya,
02:54yes.
02:56Sir,
02:58inutil ka po.
02:59I'm sorry to tell you.
03:01You're incompetent.
03:02At yan mismo,
03:05sinabi ng ARTA,
03:07kayo ang one of the most
03:08complaint agency.
03:10ARTA na po mismo
03:10nagsabi niyan.
03:11At dudugtongan ko.
03:13Dapat kayo,
03:14karamihan kayo
03:14sa management,
03:15magsiresign na kayo.
03:17Inutil kayo eh.
03:18Wala kayong ginagawa
03:19kung hindi.
03:21Humintay ng siguro
03:22ng lagay mula sa mga
03:23malalaking pharmaceutical companies.
03:24Yung mga hindi naglalagay,
03:27sorry kayo,
03:28naglalagay,
03:31tuloy-tuloy lang,
03:32hindi gaya.
03:33Mabilis lang.
03:35Bakit nakalulot itong mga fake
03:36ng mga decorgen?
03:38Fake na New Zef.
03:38Alam niyo po ito?
03:40Andami ito sa mga saris-aristo
03:41nagkalat.
03:42Halos lahat ng saris-aristo
03:43pinupuntahan namin.
03:44So, kawawa pala itong mga pobre
03:45kasi yung mga iba,
03:47Madam Chair,
03:47hindi naman sila pupunta
03:48sa mga mercury.
03:49Kung ano yung pinakamalapit,
03:50tindahan,
03:51saris-aristo,
03:51bili sila dyan.
03:53Tapos mas mura.
03:54O,
03:55yung pala fake.
03:58O,
03:58hindi pa delikado.
04:00Tapos meron pa
04:01yung injection
04:02na
04:03supposed to be
04:05eh,
04:06para sa
04:07diabetes
04:08o zampic.
04:12And then,
04:14ah,
04:14ginagamit ngayon
04:15para pampapayat.
04:19Pero dapat yan,
04:20with prescription
04:21kasi injection yun,
04:22Madam Chair,
04:22eh.
04:23At binibenta sa Shopee.
04:26Hindi nyo po
04:27nahuli yun.
04:28Binibenta sa Lazada.
04:29Marami pong mga
04:30produkto
04:32na they're not
04:33supposed to be in the market
04:33kaya nang po mismo
04:34nagsabi,
04:35and yet,
04:36pinapayagan nyo.
04:38O,
04:38meron ko isang sample.
04:39Ito naman,
04:39on the other hand,
04:41ito po isang
04:41kilalang produkto.
04:42In fact,
04:43may ilum ako nito eh.
04:46Sa US,
04:47no problem.
04:49Kala to,
04:50approved to.
04:52Pero sa atin,
04:53hindi approved.
04:54Kasi hindi
04:55registered daw.
04:56Now,
04:56ang tanong,
04:57is it because
04:58hindi ni-register
04:59ng supplier dito?
05:01O,
05:01nag-aantay
05:02sila
05:03na i-register
05:04para
05:05may lagay?
05:06Diret yung salita.
05:07Wag tayo magpaligwi-ligwi pa.
05:09Maraming mga produkto
05:10kami nabili
05:11na sinasabi nila,
05:13wag tangkilikin
05:14kasi hindi naka-register
05:15and yet,
05:15sa ibang bansa,
05:17approved.
05:19Sa Amerika,
05:20approved.
05:21Pero dito,
05:22hindi.
05:23Wag daw tangkilikin
05:24kasi hindi registered.
05:26Eh,
05:26nag-aantay siguro
05:26na naglagay,
05:27Madam Chair.
05:31Alam nyo,
05:32Atroity Teston,
05:34ang dami nyo pong
05:35kapalpakan
05:35sa FDA.
05:36Matagal na po itong
05:37reklamo.
05:38Hindi lang,
05:38sa bagay,
05:39hindi lang po kayo.
05:39Remember,
05:40before you,
05:41nasibak.
05:41Bakit nasibak?
05:42Dahil nga,
05:43inutil din.
05:44The guy before you,
05:45I'm not gonna mention
05:46his name kasi
05:46wala naman na siya.
05:48Isa ako sa
05:49nagpasibak doon.
05:51And then,
05:51before pa,
05:51meron pa isang babae
05:52na FDA din,
05:54napasibak ko rin
05:55kasi inutil.
05:57So,
05:57kung hindi nyo
05:57kayang trabaho nyo,
05:58mag-resign kayo.
06:01Your job is to
06:02safeguard
06:04the well-being,
06:05health,
06:06and well-being
06:06of the consumers
06:07and you're not
06:07doing that.
06:10So,
06:11isang tanong dito,
06:12sa website mismo
06:13ng FDA,
06:14makikita na may
06:15ganitong report,
06:16nasasabihin ko sa inyo,
06:17covering the period
06:18January
06:192024
06:20to March
06:212025.
06:23Seized
06:23counterfeit
06:24drug products,
06:26posibleng may kasama
06:27diyan dito,
06:28seized counterfeit
06:29products,
06:30may
06:31nakuha kayong
06:32in the value
06:33of
06:33P21,979,539.
06:39Meron din kayo
06:40in that same period
06:41na seized
06:42unregistered
06:44health products,
06:45P50,596,932.
06:50Saan po madalas
06:51nahuhuli itong
06:52mga,
06:53on the one hand,
06:53counterfeit
06:54products?
06:55Locally ba
06:56o imported?
06:58And following on that,
06:59I will ask
07:00baka si
07:00attorney
07:01or Doña,
07:02ano po yung
07:02nagiging ugnayan ninyo
07:03ng FDA
07:04at saka
07:05BOC
07:05sa pagpigil
07:07ng ganitong
07:08pagpasok
07:09ng mga
07:09counterfeit
07:09products?
07:10Pero una po,
07:11usually ba
07:12locally
07:12o imported
07:14iyong mga
07:15counterfeit
07:16products,
07:16possibly including
07:17some presented
07:18earlier?
07:19Attorney Teston.
07:21Marami salamat po
07:22Madam Chairperson.
07:24It's a
07:24halo po siya
07:25ng local
07:26at saka
07:26imported po.
07:28Pero since
07:28ang Pilipinas po
07:29ay largely
07:29importing country,
07:31hindi lang po
07:32sa pharmaceutical
07:33product,
07:33pati po sa
07:34pagkain,
07:35cosmetics,
07:36and other
07:36health products,
07:38marami rin po
07:38talagang
07:39imported
07:40health products
07:41as defined
07:41under the
07:42Charter of
07:42the FDA
07:43which is
07:43RA
07:443720
07:45as amended
07:45by
07:45RA
07:469711.
07:47So marami
07:48po talagang
07:48peddlers din po
07:49na nanggagaling
07:50po sa labas
07:50po ng
07:51bansa.
07:51At meron
07:52din po silang
07:54mga kasama
07:55dito na
07:55local
07:56distributor po,
07:57Madam
07:57Chairperson.
07:58Kung ganun
07:58ang kaso,
07:59so ano
08:00nga yung
08:00nagiging
08:00ugnayan nyo
08:01sa Bureau
08:02of Customs
08:03para
08:03mabawasan
08:04or ma-eliminate
08:05yung practice
08:06na ito
08:06na nakakapag-import
08:08ng mga
08:09counterfeit
08:10pala
08:11pharmaceutical
08:11products
08:12na malamang
08:13pumapasok
08:13dyan
08:13sa bag
08:15na pinakita
08:15kanina?
08:18In terms
08:19po
08:19of border
08:20controls
08:21po,
08:21Madam
08:22Chairperson,
08:23meron pong
08:24in-issue po
08:24na,
08:25I think,
08:25if I'm not
08:26mistaken,
08:26may ma-random
08:27circular
08:27way back
08:28pa po
08:28nung
08:29administration,
08:30President
08:31Aquino.
08:33And what do
08:33those circulars
08:34mandate you
08:35and BOC
08:35to do
08:36together?
08:36Bago po
08:37i-release
08:37po ng
08:38Bureau
08:38of Customs
08:39sa border
08:39of entry,
08:41dapat po
08:41kunin nila
08:42yung
08:42license
08:43to operate
08:44as
08:44importer
08:44distributor
08:45at hindi
08:46lang po
08:47dapat
08:47license
08:48to operate,
08:48dapat po
08:49yung
08:49produkto
08:49mismo,
08:50dapat
08:50meron po
08:50siyang
08:51market
08:51authorization
08:52o yung
08:52tinatawag
08:53po natin
08:53na
08:53certificate
08:53of
08:54product
08:54registration.
08:56Pag
08:57na-present
08:58po ito
08:58ng isang
08:59importer
08:59sa
09:00border
09:00po
09:01natin,
09:01it
09:01will be
09:02enough
09:02for
09:03purposes
09:04of
09:05FDA
09:05clearance,
09:05it will
09:06be
09:06enough
09:06for
09:06the
09:06Bureau
09:07of
09:07Customs
09:07to
09:07release
09:08them
09:08provided
09:09that
09:09they
09:09pay
09:09the
09:09appropriate
09:10tarifs
09:10duties
09:11and
09:11taxes
09:11po
09:11Madam Chair
09:12Person.
09:12Okay,
09:12so
09:13matanong ko
09:13po si
09:14Attorney
09:14Ordonea.
09:15Sir,
09:16pag nakita
09:16niyo yung
09:17bag na
09:18pinakita
09:18kanina,
09:19halohalong
09:19mga
09:19produkto,
09:20malamang
09:21yung
09:21iba
09:21doon
09:21ay
09:22mga
09:23counterfeit
09:24pharmaceutical
09:25products,
09:27gano'n
09:28yung
09:28kahigpit
09:28o gano'ng
09:29kahigpit
09:29na
09:29enforce
09:30ng
09:30customs,
09:32ng
09:32Bureau,
09:33na
09:34bago
09:34nyo
09:34i-re-release,
09:36mayroong
09:37license to
09:37operate,
09:38may market
09:38authorization,
09:40may
09:40certificate of
09:41product
09:41registration,
09:42ipipresenta
09:43sa inyo
09:44at
09:44kumaga
09:46isa-certify
09:46nyo
09:47sa FDA
09:48para
09:48mabawasan
09:48yung
09:49ganitong
09:49bag
09:49na
09:50inilabas
09:50kanina
09:51na malamang
09:51may
09:52counterfeit
09:52products
09:53nakahalo.
09:54Good morning,
09:55Madam Chair.
09:55I confirmed
09:57the statement
09:58of the
09:59FDA,
10:00Madam,
10:00and
10:00before
10:02releasing
10:03these
10:03items,
10:04we
10:05see to
10:06it that
10:06we
10:06verify
10:07the
10:07authenticity
10:08of the
10:08documents
10:10presented.
10:11And
10:12with respect
10:13to
10:13counterfeit
10:15products,
10:15we have
10:15this office
10:16in our
10:17in the
10:17Bureau,
10:18specifically
10:18the
10:19Intellectual
10:20Property
10:20Rights
10:21Division
10:21under the
10:22Customs
10:23Intelligence
10:23and
10:24Investigation
10:25Service.
10:26Ours
10:27is
10:27our
10:28office
10:28is mainly
10:29with respect
10:30to
10:31the
10:31anti-illegal
10:32drugs.
10:33Yes,
10:33ma'am.
10:34I'll have
10:35follow-up
10:35questions
10:35about that,
10:36but
10:36Senator
10:36Irwin
10:37would
10:37like
10:37to
10:37interject.
10:38Yes,
10:39Madam
10:39Chair,
10:40wabilisan
10:41lamang
10:41po.
10:42Tanong
10:42ko
10:42dito
10:43kay
10:43Attorney
10:44Teston,
10:44meron
10:44po
10:45bang
10:45mga
10:45sanksyon
10:46kapurosahan
10:47pag
10:48agbenta
10:48isang
10:48kumpanya
10:49ng
10:49unregistered
10:50health
10:50products?
10:51Parang
10:51wala
10:51because
10:51continuous
10:52pwede
10:53po ba?
10:54Kung
10:54meron
10:55napasara
10:56na ba
10:56o may
10:57nakulong
10:57na po
10:58ba
10:58kayo
10:58for
10:59selling
10:59unauthorized
11:00food
11:00supplements,
11:01Attorney?
11:02Maraming
11:03salamat
11:03po,
11:03Madam
11:03Chairperson,
11:04Your
11:04Honor.
11:05Meron
11:05po under
11:06Republic
11:06Act
11:069711,
11:07which
11:08amended
11:08RA
11:083720.
11:10Sa
11:11makatawid
11:11po,
11:11Your
11:12Honors,
11:12Madam
11:12Chairperson,
11:13marami
11:13pong pending
11:14administrative
11:15cases
11:15sa FDA
11:16po.
11:17Nung
11:17huli
11:17po
11:17akong
11:17nag-check
11:18kahit
11:18yung
11:18kahapon
11:18po
11:19yata
11:19nasa
11:193,000
11:20po
11:20yung
11:20administrative
11:21case
11:21sa FDA
11:21involving
11:23violation
11:24of
11:24FDA
11:24Act
11:25of
11:25RA
11:263720
11:27and
11:279711.
11:28Ang penalty
11:29po sa
11:29administrative
11:30cases
11:30is
11:31between
11:3150,000
11:32to
11:33500,000
11:34pesos
11:34po.
11:35Pero
11:35patungkol
11:35po dun
11:36sa may
11:36criminal
11:37cases
11:37po.
11:37Ang
11:37criminal
11:38cases
11:38po
11:38kasi
11:38kadalasan
11:39po
11:39ginagawa
11:40po
11:40namin
11:40jointly
11:40with
11:41the
11:41law
11:41enforcement
11:41officers.
11:43Nandyan
11:43po
11:43ang
11:43NBI,
11:44nandyan
11:44po
11:44ang
11:44PNP.
11:45Pag
11:45meron
11:45pong
11:45operation,
11:47alam
11:47naman
11:47po
11:47natin
11:48na
11:48ang
11:48nagpa-file
11:49po
11:49ng
11:49kaso
11:49is
11:50yung
11:50kadalasan
11:51po
11:51LEAs
11:52o
11:52kung may
11:52complainant
11:53man,
11:53pina-file
11:54po siya
11:54sa may
11:54piskalya
11:55and then
11:55nililitigid
11:56po siya
11:56sa
11:57korte.
11:57Ang
11:58tanong
11:58ko
11:58attorney,
11:59lagi
12:00natin
12:01naririnig,
12:01may
12:01batas,
12:02may
12:02ganito,
12:03napakababa
12:04naman palang
12:04penalty,
12:05kahit sino
12:05kayang
12:05bayaran yan.
12:07May nakulong
12:08na ho ba
12:08kayo?
12:08May
12:08na-prosecute
12:09na po
12:10ba?
12:10May nakulong
12:11para nasampula,
12:12napasara,
12:13parang wala pa po
12:14ako naririnig.
12:19Madam Chairperson,
12:20may I?
12:21Wala,
12:21wala.
12:22The answer is wala.
12:23I can attest to that.
12:24Wala.
12:25Salamat attorney
12:26and senator
12:26Rafi.
12:40Altyazı M.K.
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