Videos and photo messages about the dangers of the drug “Rinotin Kids” are being circulated on social platforms. Rhinotin Kids syrup is not a drug, but a dietary supplement produced in Italy.
Based on a power of attorney from "CHYNERGY PHARMCHO" Ltd., permission to import into the country was obtained to import a product from Grichar Chemical S.R.L. to the Republic of Uzbekistan following the decision of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated April 30, 2016 No. 131. On April 29, 2022.
According to Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Uzbekistan No. 318, a sanitary and epidemiological certificate was received for this product confirming its safety. This permit is posted on the website of the Sanitary and Epidemiological Supervision Committee sanepid.uz.
Companies acting based on their power of attorney are equally responsible for the production, transportation, storage, and sale of products, as well as their quality and safety.
By the Uzbek law, a study was carried out to prevent food poisoning by experts of the Sanitary Epidemiological Committee of Uzbekistan, which might lead to the license being revoked.
The committee's April 16 report said Rinotin Kids syrup is not a drug but a dietary supplement that contains ascorbic acid, selenium, zinc, vitamin E, and beta-glucan. Produced by Italian Gricar Chemical.
In 2022, local Synergy Pharmco received a sanitary and epidemiological conclusion and permission to import syrup into Uzbekistan under the authority of Gricar Chemical.
Then the specialists conducted a study and decided to cancel the permits issued for the syrup “to avoid cases of food poisoning among the population,” the report says.
At the same time, it shows that the manufacturer of the supplement is the Turkish company Rad Gida Laboratuvarive Ilac Sanayi Ticaret Limited.
Synergy Pharmco has been instructed to recall the syrup produced by Rad Gida Laboratuvarive Ilac Sanayi Ticaret Limited. So far 28 drugstores returned the liquid medicine, the statement said.
The Committee reiterated that responsibility for the production, transportation, storage, and sale of products, as well as their quality and safety, lies with the manufacturer and companies acting based on its power of attorney.
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