Potentially fatal diet pills seized in Co Tipperary
Updated / Monday, 1 Feb 2021
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Agriculture & Consumer Affairs Correspondent
A multi-agency investigation has led to the closure of an online business in Tipperary selling so-called diet pills.
The potentially fatal chemical 2,4- Dinitrophenol (DNP) is described by the Food Safety Authority as a highly toxic industrial chemical .
The chemical is used as a fertiliser, wood preservative and even as a pesticide.
Several online sources sell pills containing DNP, which people take to lose weight. But there have been numerous fatalities internationally after taking the chemical.
The Health Service Executive, Health Products Regulatory Authority, gardaí and the Food Safety Authority conducted a joint operation investigating the online seller of the pills.
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Image: South African Police ServiceThe drug has been cleared by the Health Products Regulatory Authority for use in controlled, compassionate circumstances to treat the virus.
Police say R6 million worth of the drug Ivermectin has been seized at OR Tambo International Airport over the past two weeks.
The drug has been cleared by the Health Products Regulatory Authority for use in controlled, compassionate circumstances to treat the virus.
Earlier, this month a man, believed to be a Pakistan national was arrested at the King Shaka International Airport in Durban for being in possession of over 2 000 Ivermectin tablets.
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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
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