The Food and Drug Administration has found no strong reason to reverse its earlier decision ordering the closure of the Dr. Farrrah Bunch Natural Medical Center in Tarlac province for selling unregistered health products to patients.
The FDA, in a decision on Oct. 2, 2018, dismissed the center’s appeal filed on August 20, 2018. The facility argued that the FDA had no jurisdiction over the case.
The Farrah Bunch Center claimed that the allegations of the FDA should be threshed out with and addressed by the Professional Regulation Commission, citing that they were the duties and responsibilities of a physician,
FDA director general Nela Charade Puno said FDA had jurisdiction over the case by virtue of Republic Act 9711, which stated the FDA had the power and function to spot-check for compliance with regulations regarding operation of manufacturers, importers, exporters, distributors, wholesalers, drug outlets and other establishments and facilities of health products.