Health Secretary Francisco T. Duque III (standing 6th from left), together with some lawmakers and other cabinet officials today witnessed the signing of the amendment to Republic Act No. 3720 by Her Excellency President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. The bill, which was authored by Senator Pia Cayetano, aims to strengthen the functions/roles of the Bureau of Food and Drugs (BFAD), now the Food and Drug Administration.Some of the salient features of said bill were the establishment of modern and complete testing laboratory facilities in Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao in order to assure the delivery of timely services at the shortest possible time anywhere in the country, empower the BFAD to seize and held in custody without hearing or court order health products found to be in violation of existing laws, and increase the penalty for both criminal sanctions and administrative penalties in order to deter commission of prohibited acts. (17 August 2009, Malacañang Palace)
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