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FDA beefs up crackdown vs unregistered products in online markets

Katrina Domingo

ABS-CBN News

<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px;display:block" width="960"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/177027503786420190202-fda.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/><span class="fr-inner"></span></span></span></div><p style="text-align:left">The Food and Drug Administration <em>File</em></p><div><br/></div><p>MANILA — The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said Thursday it was coordinating with online platforms to boost its crackdown against unregistered products sold on shopping apps. </p><p>From October to December 2025, the agency logged a “72 percent take down rate” in various e-commerce platforms, FDA spokesperson Khay Anne Magundayao-Borlado said. </p><p> “Kami po ay nakikipag ugnayan para masabihan sila na itake down ang aming mga namomonitor na mga unregistered products,” she told state television PTV..</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/business/03/12/20/fda-sets-price-ceiling-for-selling-essential-medicines-supplies-online">FDA sets price ceiling for selling essential medicines, supplies online</a></div><p>“Mayroon na rin po tayong nilo-lunch na e-sumbong. Ito po ay still a work in progress pero ito po ay maaari niyo nang gamitin,” she said.</p><p>The FDA has also improved its verification portal with a “consolidated search function” so that consumers can easily check the legitimacy of products being sold online and offline, she added.</p><p>The heightened crackdown against unregistered food, cosmetics and medicine in the Philippines comes after the Department of Health issued a warning against fake endorsements of thyroid disease and goiter supplements circulating online.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/health-science/2025/1/17/fda-urges-consumers-to-report-erring-health-products-2118">FDA urges consumers to report erring health products</a></div><p>The agency clarified it does not endorse any supplements claiming to treat thyroid or goiter conditions and that such products are not approved by the FDA or its officials.</p>

<p>The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is continuously coordinating with online platforms to boost its crackdown against unregistered products sold on shopping apps, the agency’s spokesperson said on Thursday.</p>

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is continuously coordinating with online platforms to boost its crackdown against unregistered products sold on shopping apps, the agency’s spokesperson said on Thursday.