In view of SFDA's efforts of tracking, monitoring and control of quality and effectiveness of drugs and cosmetic products, SFDA inspectors detected a product named "Lose Weight Coffee" produced in China by Kunming Huining Company in a form of packs, which is assumed to be natural Coffee for weight losing.
However, upon analysis of this product it was found that it is faked with Sibutramin, a formerly licensed stuff for weight reduction which was later cancelled and banned by SFDA, as studies revealed that it is unsafe for human use and hazardous to health and has serious side effects such as high susceptibility to heart and arteries diseases and it does not match with the alleged benefits of the product.
Whereas the activities of the marketing company of this product is considered a commercial counterfeit and a clear breach of the Pharmaceutical Products & Organizations Regulations issued by the Royal Decree No M/31 dated 1/6/1425H, therefore SFDA recommended recall of this product from the local market and banning its sales , in addition to taking the necessary actions against anyone who sells or markets this product.
Moreover, SFDA avails this opportunity to alert citizens not to follow such false alleges of efficiency of some type of Instant Coffee in weight losing, and warns that such products are faked by weight-losing drugs that cause addiction such as amphetamines, and destroy heart valves, in addition to laxative materials e.g. Sana.