One of the sports supplements recalled by the Ministry of Health after
learning that they have been found to contain 'DMAA' or '1,3-dimethylamylamine'
which can cause side effects such as high blood pressure, dizziness and
vomiting, bleeding in the brain, stroke and even death.
THE Ministry of Health (MoH)
yesterday recalled various brands of sports supplements found to contain DMAA
or 1,3-dimethylamylamine.
DMAA or 1,3-dimethylamylamine can
cause some side effects like high blood pressure, dizziness and vomiting,
bleeding in the brain, stroke and even death.
The withdrawal comes following
information obtained from the International Food Safety Network (INFOSAN),
after receiving a notification from Australia where laboratory tests indicated
DMAA was found in the sports supplements.
A press statement from the MoH
said some of these products are produced in the United States of America and
are sold through the Internet.
Following the withdrawal of these
products, the MoH, through the Division of Food Safety and Quality Control,
Department of Health Services, has been monitoring supermarkets or certain
premises to ensure the product is not available in the market, and will
continue to make routine inspections.
The ministry said importers and
retailers are "prohibited" from importing the products concerned.
The products are also to be
withdrawn from the market immediately, and be taken to any of the Quality Control
and Food Safety sections across the districts to be destroyed.
Consumers are advised to return
the respective supplements to shops where the purchase(s) were made, or send
them to any of the Quality Control and Food Safety sections.
The Ministry said under Section
9, subsection (1) sub-paragraph (i) of the Act (Public Health) (Food), (section
182), anyone who provides, sells or imports food that is harmful to health can
be imprisoned for five years or a fine or both.
The Brunei Times
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