The inspection and monitoring team saw boxes of Treetop 100% Apple Juice and Grape Fruit Pomelo Juice, as well as boxes of Noyu Oolong Tea and Lychee, already in the supermarkets' warehouses ready to be returned to their suppliers. Though these items are not included in the list of products contaminated by DEHP furnished by Taiwan to the FDA, they still had to be recalled following the FDA advisory recalling all Taiwanese products.
The FDA found it prudent to do this to ensure consumers' safety. They also got some samples to test them for DEHP contamination.
The supermarket's management assured the team they immediately pulled out the recalled products from their shelves as soon as they received instructions from their head office.
DTI and FDA representatives also called the attention of the management about some products from China on their shelves whose labels have no English or Filipino translations. Victorio Dimagiba, DTI director for the Bureau of Trade Regulation and Consumer Protection, said this is against the Consumer Act.
