Crackdown On Impotency Adverts

[george]

FDA launches crackdown on impotency adverts

BANGKOK, Nov 2 (TNA) – The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has launched a clampdown on advertisements for products claiming to boost sexual performance, amid fears that fake impotency products are increasingly flooding the market.

The FDA has made its request for greater monitoring of advertisements directly to the newspaper industry, which has been accused by the FDA of printing adverts for unlicensed medicines and cosmetics, or for products which make illegal claims.

FDA Secretary-General Pakdee Pothisiri said today that with increasing competition in the market for medical products, newspapers were putting themselves at growing risk of breaking the law unless they were careful about what they printed.

Although there have been no legal cases involving advertisements for cosmetics or food this year, four cases have been brought to court which involve advertisements for products claiming to cure impotence or boost sexual performance.

Under the Thai law, it is illegal to advertise such products.

“The FDA will liaise more closely with newspapers, and will appoint a liaison officer to answer questions from the media about whether or not a particular advertisement has been passed by the FDA”, Prof. Pakdee said.

--TNA 2004-10-02

[Steely Dan]

Apparently you can also get jailed for up to 3 years for selling prescription impotency cures such as viagra. It looks like only state authorised cock-ups are to be permitted from now on. Mindyou with Thaksin in charge...

[penzman]

The same should be done for the stupid and useless skin whitening products.

Some of them have actually caused irreversible skin damage...

[astral]

Has there been a soft reponse?

[stumonster]

maybe show them the trick with two ice block sticks and some electrical tape?