Inspectors from the Food and Economic Security Authority (ASAE) have seized a package of counterfeit Botox from a beauty clinic in Lisbon, with the person in charge of the establishment being charged, ASAE reported this Thursday.
Inspectors seized “medicines, medical devices and apparatus, including a laser tattoo removal machine, one of which is used in cavitation and the other in cryomodeling, intended for aesthetic assistance, apparently without the necessary qualifications for this activity,” the statement said. ASAE message. statement.
Among the seized items, worth almost 34 thousand euros, is botulinum toxin, commonly known as Botox (a purified substance obtained from the bacterium Clostridium botulinum, which produces a neurotoxic protein that paralyzes muscles), and ASAE strongly suspects that this is a counterfeit drug, according to the legal representative of the brand, given the characteristics of the packaging and the batch of the drug.
According to the ASAE statement, a criminal case was opened on the fact of illegal usurpation of medical functions, and the person responsible for the institution was charged and a procedure was established to establish his identity and place of residence.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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