Foreign language food, drug labels inundating country

The Government Analyst/Food and Drug Department says that foreign language food and drug labels are proliferating in the country and it warned again that English labels are required on all imported commodities and it will be seizing products that don’t comply.

In a press release, the Department said it has been forced to act after noticing a recent inundation of food, human and veterinary drugs, cosmetic and medical devices with labels written in Chinese, Portuguese, Dutch, Arabic and Spanish on the domestic market.

The Food and Drug Act and its supporting regulations mandate that all