Imikhiqizo Engase Ingcole evela Ezitolo Zedola Lomndeni Ezifundeni Eziyisithupha

Namuhla, i-US Food and Drug Administration ixwayisa umphakathi ukuthi izigaba ezimbalwa zemikhiqizo elawulwa yi-FDA ethengwe kusukela ngomhla ka-Jan. 1, 2021, kuze kube manje ezitolo ze-Family Dollar e-Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri nase-Tennessee zingahle zingaphephi. ukuze abasebenzisi basebenzise. Imikhiqizo ethintekile isuka endaweni yokusabalalisa yenkampani e-West Memphis, e-Arkansas, lapho ukuhlolwa kwe-FDA kwathola izimo zokungahlanzeki, okuhlanganisa nokuhlaselwe kwamagundane, okungadala ukuthi imikhiqizo eminingi ingcole. I-FDA isebenza nenkampani ukuqalisa ukukhumbula ngokuzithandela imikhiqizo ethintekile.          

“Imindeni ithembele ezitolo ezifana neFamily Dollar ngemikhiqizo efana nokudla nemithi. Bafanelwe yimikhiqizo ephephile,” kusho Ukhomishana Obambelene Nezindaba Zokulawula uJudith McMeekin, Pharm.D. “Akekho umuntu okufanele abhekane nemikhiqizo egcinwe ngaphansi kwezimo ezingamukelekile esizithole kulesi sikhungo sokusabalalisa i-Family Dollar. Lezi zimo zibonakala ziwukwephulwa komthetho wenhlangano okungabeka impilo yemindeni engcupheni. Sizoqhubeka nokusebenzela ukuvikela abathengi.”

Lesi sexwayiso sifaka imikhiqizo elawulwa yi-FDA ethengwe ezitolo ze-Family Dollar kulezo zifunda eziyisithupha kusukela ngomhla ka-Jan. 1, 2021, kuze kube manje. Ezinye izibonelo zale mikhiqizo zihlanganisa ukudla kwabantu (okuhlanganisa izithasiselo zokudla (amavithamini, amakhambi namaminerali)), izimonyo (imikhiqizo yokunakekela isikhumba, amafutha ezingane, izindebe zomlomo, ama-shampoos, okosula izingane), ukudla kwezilwane (i-kibble, ukudla kwezilwane ezifuywayo, imbewu yezinyoni zasendle) , izinto zokwelapha (imikhiqizo yenhlanzeko yabesifazane, imaski yokuhlinza, izixazululo zokuhlanza amalensi othintana naye, amabhandeshi, imikhiqizo yokunakekela amakhala) kanye nemithi etholakala ezitolo (i-OTC) (imithi yezinhlungu, amaconsi amehlo, imikhiqizo yamazinyo, ama-antacid, eminye imithi yabo bobabili abadala kanye izingane).

Abathengi bayelulekwa ukuthi bangasebenzisi futhi bathinte inkampani mayelana nemikhiqizo ethintekile. Le nhlangano iphinde yeluleke ukuthi zonke izidakamizwa, izinsiza zezokwelapha, izimonyo nezithasiselo zokudla, kungakhathalekile ukuthi zipakishwe kanjani, zilahlwe. Ukudla okufakwe emaphaketheni okungangeneki (okufana nengilazi engonakalisiwe noma amathini ensimbi yonke) kungase kulungele ukusetshenziswa uma kuhlanzwe kahle futhi kuhlanzwa. Abathengi kufanele bageze izandla zabo ngokushesha ngemva kokuphatha noma yimiphi imikhiqizo evela ezitolo ezithintekayo ze-Family Dollar.

Abathengi abasanda kuthenga imikhiqizo ethintekile kufanele bathinte uchwepheshe wezokunakekelwa kwempilo ngokushesha uma benezinkinga zempilo ngemuva kokusebenzisa noma ukuphatha imikhiqizo ethintekile. Ukungcoliswa kwamagundane kungase kubangele i-Salmonella kanye nezifo ezithathelwanayo, ezingase zibe yingozi enkulu ezinsaneni, izingane, abesifazane abakhulelwe, abantu abadala kanye nabantu abangenawo amandla omzimba.

Ngemva kwesikhalazo somthengi, i-FDA yaqala uphenyo lwesikhungo sokusabalalisa iDola Lomndeni e-West Memphis, e-Arkansas, ngoJanuwari 2022. I-Family Dollar yayeka ukusatshalaliswa kwemikhiqizo phakathi nezinsuku zokufika kwethimba lokuhlola le-FDA esizeni futhi ukuhlolwa kwaqedwa ngoFeb. 11. Izimo ezabonwa ngesikhathi sokuhlolwa zazihlanganisa amagundane aphilayo, amagundane afile ezindaweni ezihlukahlukene zokubola, indle yamagundane nomchamo, ubufakazi bokuququda, ukuzala kanye nephunga lamagundane kuso sonke isikhungo, izinyoni ezifile nobulongwe bezinyoni, kanye nemikhiqizo egcinwe ngaphansi kwezimo ezingahlangani. vikela ekungcoleni. Angaphezu kuka-1,100 amagundane ashonile atholwe kulesi sikhungo kulandela ukuthuthwa kwemfucuza kulesi sikhungo ngoJanuwari 2022. Ukwengeza, ukubuyekezwa kwamarekhodi angaphakathi enkampani kuphinde kwabonisa ukuqoqwa kwamagundane angaphezu kuka-2,300 phakathi kuka-Mar. 29 no-Sep. 17, 2021, abonisa umlando wokuhlaselwa.