PHNOM PENH, June 4 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia on Thursday destroyed more than 130 tons of counterfeit medicines and products that it had seized last year and early this year, a senior official said.
The ceremony was held at a dumpsite on the southwestern part of Phnom Penh under the presence of Health Minister Mam Bunheng.
Meach Sophana, secretary of state at the Ministry of Interior and chairman of the government's Counter Counterfeit Committee, said at the event that the destroyed items included 225 types of expired drugs, inferior traditional medicines, counterfeit cosmetic products and inferior foodstuffs.
The counterfeit products had been confiscated from pharmacies and markets in 2019 and in early 2020, he said.
"These fake drugs and products are very dangerous to people's health," Sophana said. "The ceremony today is a message to perpetrators that we will not tolerate any illegal act that damages people's health and affects social safety." Enditem
