Food and Drug Dep’t maintains Lailac Milk must be recalled

The Government Analyst-Food and Drug Department (GA-FDD) is maintaining its stand that local distributor, International Pharmaceutical Agency (IPA) Guyana Ltd effect an “immediate recall” of Lailac Infant Milk from the market.

This was confirmed yesterday by Minister in the Ministry of Public Health, Dr Karen Cummings.

In correspondence dated March 7, 2016 seen by Stabroek News, Marlon Cole, Director of GA-FDD instructed IPA “to with immediate effect remove from our local market Lailac Infant Milk”. He added that “failure to respond will leave the Department with no alternative but to withdraw our cooperation with your company.