HRH prince Sattam bin Abdul Aziz, Governor of Riyadh, thanked SFDA for the efforts exerted by their field inspection crews of water factories while he called for more efforts in the field of food and water control and for imposing severe penalties on violators.

SFDA, represented by its Drug Sector, warned about the risk of developing Venous thromboembolism (VTE) when using contraceptives containing drospirenone, e.g.Yasmin® , the sole contraceptive registered in the Kingdom that contains this substance. The warning included the increasing risk when using this product by patients with risk factors or VTE history.

Saudi Food & Drug Authority (SFDA) has recently collected several samples of potable drinking water produced locally, for several runs and production dates in order to determine their compliance with GCC Standard Specification No. 1025/2009 for potable drinking water, which identified the allowed Bromate limit by 10ppm. The result of laboratory tests of Radwa Drops potable drinking water samples, produced and packed by Radwa Drops potable water factory of Yanbu Al Bahr province, revealed that it has exceed the maximum allowed limit of Bromate referred to above.

SFDA has achieved top rank of Digital Excellence Award for the year 2011 for its– Interactive Entertainment Branch of Jeelalghad website (www.jeelalghad.com) which is dedicated for children awareness. The Award was given to SFDA by H.E Minister of Information and Communication Technology, Eng. Mohammed Jameel Ahmed Mulla during a festival and was received by H.E. Dr. Mohammed bin Abdul Aziz Al Eqaili, Assistant SFDA President for Planning & IT in the festival organized in this event. H.E.

HRH Prince Naif bin Abdul Aziz, Crown Prince, Vice Deputy Premier, Minister of Interior, Chairman of SFDA Board of Directors thanked H.E. the Chief Executive Officer of SFDA and employees in the advent of election , by AHWP consensus, of Dr. Saleh bin Sulaiman Al Tayar, SFDA Vice President for Medical Devices & Products Sector to Chair AHWP for a period of Three Years Starting 2012,

SFDA Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Mohammed bin Ahmed Al Kanhal, received yesterday at SFDA Head Office, H.E President of Ports Corporation, Engineer Abdul Aziz Al Tuwijri and Ports Directors. At the beginning of the meeting Dr. Al Kanhal welcomed Engineer Al Tuwijri and his accompanying delegation and emphasized SFDA keenness to embrace the principles of transparency and clarity aiming to strengthen assurance of food and safety, drug security and efficacy and safety and efficiency of medical devices and products.

SFDA has recently collected samples of various potable drinking water, locally produced and packed, from different production dates to check for compliance with GCC Standard Specifications No. ( 1025/2009- Potable Drinking Water).The said specification set out the maximum permissible limit of Bromate at (10 ppm). Laboratory analysis of Al Haramain water samples “size 4&5 Gallons”, produced by Al Haramain water plant in Dammam Province, revealed that they exceeded the maximum allowed limit of Bromate.

SFDA has detected an imitated medical product used in connecting Inhaler Devices , for treatment of patients of respiratory system diseases. The imitated device is marketed under the name : “ Air _ O_ Chamber” , which is an imitation of the genuine product “ AeroChamber”.