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The management of COA Herbal Centre has debunked claims that they are fighting the food and Drugs Authority(FDA)
It would be recalled that ,the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) announced a recall of the food supplement, COA FS and directed the public to return the product to the manufacturer after some samples of the product were found to be contaminated.
The FDA in a press statement dated April 17, 2020 and signed by its Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Mrs Delese A. A. Darko said samples of COA FS picked from the market and the manufacturing facility of COA Herbal Centre in Workroom near Cape Coast I. The Central Region showed excessive microbial, mould and yeast contamination.
In response to the FDA’s statement, the Centre of Awareness Global Peace Mission, manufacturer of the COA FS drug, debunked the assertions by the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) that the product is unsafe for consumption.
There had been allegations that, the manufacturer of COA FS drug has been in some sort of media war with the FDA.
But in a Press statement forwarded exclusively to RazzNews.com, the management of the food supplement,COA FS has denied the allegations by indicating that, they are strictly complying with directives by the Food and Drug Authority (FDA) and that they are not into any needless media war with them(FD)
Below is the full Press Statement.
25TH MAY, 2020
PRESS RELEASE
COA FS ADHERING TO FDA DIRECTIVES; NOT ENGAGING IN ANY NEEDLESS MEDIA WAR
The attention of COA Herbal Center has been drawn to publications in the media that seek to portray COA FS as an approved cure for COVID-19.
We wish to state that COA FS has not been approved as cure for COVID-19 by any institution. COA FS was part of the herbal products submitted to the Centre for Plant Medicine Research, Akuapem Mampong for evaluation towards the management of COVID-19. According to the Centre for Plant Medicine Research, Akuapem Mampong, the preliminary evaluation of the results indicated that COA FS was among the first batch of the 9 selected products recommended to the Ministry of Health.
COA Herbal Center further dissociates itself from leaked reports suggesting that independent tests conducted on COA FS Food supplement confirm that the product is not contaminated.
The report on the independent test, which was conducted by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), has been extensively reported by some media houses and online portals, creating the erroneous impression that COA Herbal Center is influencing such a media campaign.
We wish to state that COA Herbal Center, acting upon the directive of the FDA has since ceased production, recalled our products from the market, and submitted the same to the FDA which was safely disposed of on the 22nd of May, 2020.
The leaked test results from the Food Research Institute, which is under the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) is one of the results of the numerous trial samples sent to the institute and the Centre for Plant Medicine Research for analysis, to try our lines after major renovations.
We, therefore, want to state unequivocally that, we are not behind such publications and as a genuine organization, which cherishes the rule of law, we would not do anything that will undermine the authority and power of the FDA.
Indeed, a meeting with stakeholders and government will be held this week to deliberate on the recommendation by the Center for Plant Medicine Research and the way forward. The question is, why would COA FS engineer such publications to preempt Tuesday’s meeting? This media campaign is the handiwork of some diabolic minds who don’t wish COA FS well.
It must, therefore, be on record that COA Herbal Center is strictly complying with directives by the Food and Drug Authority (FDA). We have recalled all the specific batch numbers from the market as directed by the FDA. Furthermore and more importantly, the company has embarked on several steps to ensure that its manufacturing site in Cape Coast conforms to the best hygienic practices in the world.
The production site in the Central Region has seen some major facelifts that will ensure that COA FS products are produced under strict hygienic conditions which conform to international best practices.
We want to state that, COA Herbal Center is committed to delivering quality, effective, efficient, and efficacious product to consumers and will, therefore, comply with all directives by the FDA. Currently, the product is off the market.
We, therefore, urge the general public to disregard the current media publications regarding the tests and wait patiently for the FDA’s final report, which is recognized by law.
