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Celebs summoned over food supplement claims
Online Reporters, Published on 06/06/2024
» Police have issued summonses for actor Boromvudh “Mick” Hiranyasthiti and his actress wife Pornchita “Benz” Na Songkhla to acknowledge charges of making exaggerated advertisements for their food supplement products.
Country's biggest source of illicit diet drugs purged
Online Reporters, Published on 07/07/2019
» The illegal weight loss drug production base raided in Kalasin province was the country's biggest, and police will find out if any of its products killed the mother of a five-month-old child last week, a deputy national police chief said.
Police seize food supplements with banned substances
Online Reporters, Published on 14/06/2019
» Authorities have seized many weight-loss and food supplement products believed to contain the banned additive sibutramine during raids on two factories in Samut Sakhon province.
Sibutramine users risk jail under revised rules
Online Reporters, Published on 22/09/2018
» Sibutramine, a substance found in some weight-loss products and food supplements, has been reclassified as a Schedule 1 psychotropic substance, with the heaviest penalties for not only producers and sellers but also users, according to the Food and Drug Administration.
Lyn weight loss producers, sellers facing arrest
Online Reporters, Published on 28/05/2018
» Police will this week seek arrest warrants for at least two people connected with the production and sale of Lyn weight loss products suspected of causing several deaths.
Autopsies confirm sibutramine poisoning in Lyn victims
Online Reporters, Published on 19/05/2018
» Autopsies have confirmed that two people who died after taking Lyn brand weight-loss products had suffered severe side effects from sibutramine, a banned appetite suppressant, police say.
Police to press murder charges against Lyn maker
Online Reporters, Published on 12/05/2018
» The manufacturer of Lyn-branded dietary supplements will likely face a murder charge after test results showed some of its products contain a life-threatening ingredient that might have killed three people.
Consumer warning: Be careful buying supplements
Online Reporters, Published on 08/05/2018
» Consumers are being warned to buy dietary supplements and similar products only from companies proven to be reliable, with hazardous additives being found in many of them.
Illegal weight loss products worth B10m seized
Online Reporters, Published on 08/03/2018
» CHIANG MAI: A man and a woman were arrested and unlicensed weight loss medication being sold illegally as food supplements, worth over 10 million baht, seized during raids on three premises in Muang and Saraphi districts.