A legal study of adulterated traditional medicines and health supplements in Malaysia / Siti Ainul Fadhilah Jamaludin

Malaysia is not exempted from the global issue of adulterated traditional medicines and health supplements. Adulteration by illegal addition of undeclared poison is a major concern since it impose a very high risk to the public health. Various efforts and strategies have been taken by Pharmacy Enfor...

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Main Author:	Jamaludin, Siti Ainul Fadhilah
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2018
Subjects:	Commercial law
Online Access:	https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/21807/1/TM_SITI%20AINUL%20FADHILAH%20JAMALUDIN%20LW%2018_5.pdf
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spelling	my-uitm-ir.218072018-10-09T02:14:48Z A legal study of adulterated traditional medicines and health supplements in Malaysia / Siti Ainul Fadhilah Jamaludin 2018 Jamaludin, Siti Ainul Fadhilah Commercial law Legal aid. Legal assistance to the poor Malaysia is not exempted from the global issue of adulterated traditional medicines and health supplements. Adulteration by illegal addition of undeclared poison is a major concern since it impose a very high risk to the public health. Various efforts and strategies have been taken by Pharmacy Enforcement Division in enforcing the laws in controlling the sale and supply of adulterated traditional medicines and health supplements. However abundance of such products in market chain showed that the efforts are still insufficient to curtail the problem. Thus in the absence of comprehensive literature of legal study in controlling the sale and supply of adulterated traditional medicines and health supplements in Malaysia, this study fill the gap via qualitative research where analysis of provisions of laws and interviews were conducted. This study suggests possible solutions to overcome the challenges faced by pharmacy enforcement in performing duties in entry point, raids, laboratory testing, advertisement control, and prosecution. Accordingly, some recommendation for instance, provisions review, enhancement in empowerment officer, tighter control in entry points, punitive action to the advertiser as well as increase of public education towards the risk of consumption of these fraudulent products are suggested in this study. 2018 Thesis https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/21807/ https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/21807/1/TM_SITI%20AINUL%20FADHILAH%20JAMALUDIN%20LW%2018_5.pdf text en public masters Universiti Teknologi MARA Faculty of Law
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description	Malaysia is not exempted from the global issue of adulterated traditional medicines and health supplements. Adulteration by illegal addition of undeclared poison is a major concern since it impose a very high risk to the public health. Various efforts and strategies have been taken by Pharmacy Enforcement Division in enforcing the laws in controlling the sale and supply of adulterated traditional medicines and health supplements. However abundance of such products in market chain showed that the efforts are still insufficient to curtail the problem. Thus in the absence of comprehensive literature of legal study in controlling the sale and supply of adulterated traditional medicines and health supplements in Malaysia, this study fill the gap via qualitative research where analysis of provisions of laws and interviews were conducted. This study suggests possible solutions to overcome the challenges faced by pharmacy enforcement in performing duties in entry point, raids, laboratory testing, advertisement control, and prosecution. Accordingly, some recommendation for instance, provisions review, enhancement in empowerment officer, tighter control in entry points, punitive action to the advertiser as well as increase of public education towards the risk of consumption of these fraudulent products are suggested in this study.
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qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Jamaludin, Siti Ainul Fadhilah
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author_sort	Jamaludin, Siti Ainul Fadhilah
title	A legal study of adulterated traditional medicines and health supplements in Malaysia / Siti Ainul Fadhilah Jamaludin
title_short	A legal study of adulterated traditional medicines and health supplements in Malaysia / Siti Ainul Fadhilah Jamaludin
title_full	A legal study of adulterated traditional medicines and health supplements in Malaysia / Siti Ainul Fadhilah Jamaludin
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A legal study of adulterated traditional medicines and health supplements in Malaysia / Siti Ainul Fadhilah Jamaludin

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