Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry; While it continues to expose companies that disregard the health of citizens with the adulteration lists it regularly publishes, striking details are also coming to light. While the Ministry has published the list of companies and brands that threaten public health every 10 days since last October on the “htps://guvenilirgida.tarimorman.gov.tr” website, some companies on the list draw attention with their past criminal records. It is noteworthy that a company in the ‘Herbal Paste and Products’ category, which is one of the product groups on the adulteration list of the Ministry, falls into the ‘adulteration’ or ‘foods that may endanger health’ category almost every year, while the said company produces 2 different ‘Mysem Life’ brand herbal mixture pastes. ‘pharmaceutical active ingredient’ was detected.
THEY ADDED SILDENAFIL
İhsan Yılmaz, Editor-in-Chief of the “www.gıdabulteni.com” website, which reveals the existence of products that are on the list announced to the public by the Ministry and threaten public health, gave the following information: “The name of the active ingredient of the drug is not given in the herbal mixture paste produced by the company in question in the Ministry’s list. However, Looking at the company’s adulteration lists before 2022, it is seen that it constantly uses the active ingredient ‘Sildenafil’ in its products. Sildenafi is the main active ingredient of the drug known as Viagra. It is only allowed to be used in pharmaceutical production. Since sildenafil relaxes the blood vessels in the body, a decrease in the body’s overall blood pressure may occur. “Caution should be exercised in patients with low blood pressure, for example less than 90/50 mmHg. Caution should also be exercised in patients with dehydration, heart diseases and certain abnormalities of the body’s nervous system function,” he said.
HAS BEEN DETECTED MANY TIMES
Yılmaz, who conducts research on food products that pose a risk to public health, also touched upon the harms of Sildenafil and shared the following information: “Taking some medications such as nitrates, nitric oxide donors or alpha blockers together with Sildenafil can cause a significant decrease in blood pressure. This substance contains The date when the SG company selling herbal pastes was first exposed by the ministry was 29 October 2014. In this disclosure, ‘Sharing the information that the active ingredient – sildenafil – was detected in the product called Sidra, the ministry also stated that in the adulteration lists announced to the public on July 22, 2015, September 1, 2016, October 12, 2019, January 13, 2020 and February 14, 2020, it was found in the products produced by the same company under the same brand. “Sildenafil announced that it was detected.”
CONTINUES TO BE SOLD
Adding that the Ministry’s warnings and disclosures regarding public health are important, but new legal regulations are needed to prevent fraudsters, Yılmaz made the following warnings: “The company, which has been on 6 consecutive lists, has not been affected by the disclosure at all. Because this company will be available to the public again after 2022.” “In the announced adulteration list, ‘Mysem Life’ brand products are exposed.”
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