COA Herbal Center has stated that it is adhering strictly by the directives of the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) to ensure the safety of its products on the market.
According to the Center, it is committed to delivering quality, effective, efficient, and efficacious product to consumers and will, therefore, comply with all directives by the FDA.
A statement issued by COA Herbal Center and signed by D. Deladem Kisseih, Client Relations Officer dissociated itself from what it termed leaked reports suggesting independent tests conducted on COA FS Food supplement confirm that the product is not contaminated.
“The report on the independent test, which was conducted by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), has been extensively reported by some media houses and online portals, creating the erroneous impression that COA Herbal Center is influencing such media campaign.”
“We wish to state that COA Herbal Center, acting upon the directive of the FDA has since ceased production, recalled our products from the market, and submitted same to the FDA, which was safely disposed of on the 22nd of May, 2020.”
“The leaked test results from the Food Research Institute, which is under the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) is one of the results of the numerous trial samples sent to the institute and the Centre for Plant Medicine Research for analysis, to try our lines after major renovations,” part of the statement read.
The Center maintained it is not is not behind such publications and stressed that as a genuine organization that cherishes the rule of law, it will not do anything that will undermine the authority and power of the FDA.
It indicated that it was scheduled to meet stakeholders and government representatives to deliberate on the recommendation by the Center for Plant Medicine Research and the way forward.
“Why would COA FS engineer such publications to pre-empt Tuesday’s meeting,” it quizzed and added, “This media campaign is the handiwork of some diabolic minds who don’t wish COA FS well.”
The Center insisted that it strictly complied with directives by the Food and Drug Authority (FDA) and recalled all the specific batch numbers from the market as directed.
“Furthermore and more importantly, the company has embarked on several steps to ensure that its manufacturing site in Cape Coast conforms to the best hygienic practices in the world,” Mr. Deladem Kisseih said.
He noted that the production center in the Central Region has been renovated to ensure COA FS products are produced under strict hygienic conditions that conform to international best practices.
The statement warned that the COA FS has not been approved as cure for COVID-19 by any institution.
The product, it said, was part of herbal products submitted to the Centre for Plant Medicine Research in Akuapem Mampong for evaluation towards the management of COVID-19.
According to the Center, Preliminary evaluation of the results from Akuapem Mampong indicated that COA FS was among the first batch of the 9 selected products recommended to the Ministry of Health.
It reminded the public that currently the product is off the market and urged the public to disregard media publications regarding the tests and wait for the final report from the FDA.
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Frontpageghana.com/Uthman A. Marani
