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Deadly diet pill maker caught
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 03/12/2022
» Police have arrested the co-producer of a weight loss pill which caused the death of three people after he breached bail conditions set by the court.
Police seize fake health products in Isan bust
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 22/01/2020
» Police have confiscated more than 15,000 items of counterfeit herbal medicines, cosmetics and supplementary food in a raid on warehouses in two northeastern provinces, the Consumer Protection Police Division said on Tuesday.
More raids turn up dodgy products
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 07/06/2018
» Authorities Wednesday raided four warehouses in Nakhon Ratchasima's Muang district and seized fake dietary supplements under the brand name Asia Slim and fake Paura cosmetic products worth over two million baht.
Cosmetics ads 'switched to satellite TV'
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 29/05/2018
» Advertisements for illegal cosmetics and supplements have moved from digital TV to satellite TV channels, including those operated in Laos, Takorn Tantasith, secretary-general of the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC), told the media on Monday.
Ingredient in weight loss pill now a narcotic
News, Post Reporters, Published on 25/05/2018
» The Ministry of Public Health Thursday upgraded sibutramine to a psychotropic substance in a bid to prevent use of the appetite suppressant as a pharmacological ingredient in weight loss products for public safety.
Magic Skin owners brace for asset seizure
News, Post Reporters, Published on 17/05/2018
» Police are looking to seize 68 million baht's worth of assets belonging to the couple who own Magic Skin Co, which allegedly supplied substandard cosmetics and weight loss products.
Police call in 7 celebs for Magic Skin links
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 16/05/2018
» Seven celebrities who allegedly promoted substandard cosmetics and weight loss products procured by Magic Skin Co, have been summoned for questioning at the Crime Suppression Division next Thursday.
Grieving kin of diet-pill victim to sue
News, Post Reporters, Published on 15/05/2018
» The brother of a Kanchanaburi woman who died after taking Lyn brand weight loss pills is to file charges against the sales agent and the company for causing irreparable loss to his family.
Diet pill distributor faces murder charges
News, Post Reporters, Published on 13/05/2018
» Police are poised to charge the owner of a company that distributes weight loss products under the "Lyn" brand with premeditated murder after a customer died after ingesting the diet pills.
A failure to protect
News, Editorial, Published on 10/05/2018
» The past week has seen extremely troubling revelations about the huge trade in two harmful items. These are cosmetics made from sub-standard or even deadly materials, and so-called dietary and "health" tablets with shady origins. This issue grew out of a probe into celebrity endorsements of questionable products. It is now an important criminal case involving hundreds of possible felons and the four known deaths their products probably has caused.