Asharqia Chamber reviews the requirements and requirements for clearance with the Food and Drug General Authority
A workshop organized by the Asharqia Chamber represented by the Logistics Committee in cooperation with the Food and Drug Authority confirmed that setting controls and requirements for clearance for products subject to the authority’s control (food – medicine – medical devices) aims to ensure the availability of safe and sound products in the local market, raise operational efficiency and enhance compliance with the requirements and requirements of specifications and technical regulations for products, as well as help protect society from all products that are unfit for use, thus ensuring food safety, drug efficacy, and the safe use of medical devices and supplies.
During the workshop held on Monday, July 24, 2023 AD, officials in the authority said, “Requirements and requirements for clearance with the Food and Drug General Authority,” that the authority confirms that all products imported to the Kingdom comply with the technical specifications and regulations, and include food and drug products, medical devices and cosmetics.
The officials also indicated the need to review the specifications and regulations for each product before the import process, to ensure that they comply with the specifications and technical regulations, to avoid preventing them from entering the Kingdom’s markets, with the need to adhere to the requirements and requirements for transportation and storage.
As for pharmaceutical products, the reasons for rejection often come from failure to meet the clearance requirements or that transportation and storage took place in conditions that do not suit the quality of the incoming products. The most important reasons for rejecting cosmetic products, it is due to several reasons, the most important of which is the non-registration or inclusion of the products in the Authority’s systems, or transportation by inappropriate means that do not protect the products from exposure to sunlight, heat, and humidity. The product does not pass the approved tests, or if there are medical claims on the products.
The head of the central clearance in the eastern sector of the Food and Drug Authority, Fahd Al-Sharari, the senior expert in clearance operations Walid Al-Suwaih, the senior expert in clearance operations Muhammad Al-Zahrani, and the senior expert in clearance operations Saeed Al-Hassan, spoke at the workshop. The workshop was moderated by Ibrahim Al-Fuhaid, deputy head of the logistics committee in the chamber.
