Lailac milk still on supermarket shelves

Lailac Infant Milk on the shelves of Survival (Sheriff Street) and Nigel’s Supermarket.

One day after the local distributor International Pharmaceutical Agency (IPA) Guyana Ltd told Stabroek News that it had begun a voluntary recall of Lailac Infant Milk, the product is still on the shelves of most supermarkets.

On Monday, IPA Chief Executive Officer Lloyd Singh, had told this newspaper that his company had begun removing the product from retailers around the country after five months of wrangling with the Government Analyst-Food and Drug Department (GA-FDD).

“We will comply with the Food and Drug Department. We know they are wrong but we will comply. We started the recall this [Monday] morning at 8 O’clock and have written the Minister communicating the fact that we will comply,” he had explained.