The Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights and Human…
The Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights and Human Welfare has taken measures due to the illegal sale of a weight loss product.
Consensus
- Retatrutide is being sold illegally through marketplaces and internet stores.
- Retatrutide is marketed as a cosmetic for skin care with claims of weight loss and fat burning.
- The product lacks confirmed safety data and cannot be legally classified as a cosmetic or food product.
- Rosconsumnadzor initiated procedures to invalidate the product's compliance declarations.
- The product is intended for injections and must undergo mandatory state registration as a medicinal drug.
- The sale of such products without registration poses a threat to consumer health.
- Rosconsumnadzor sent a letter to the Association of Internet Trading Companies (AKIT) requesting urgent measures to remove the product from circulation.
Points of divergence
- Dr. of Medical Sciences Anton Yershov stated that demand for weight-loss drugs has doubled and will peak in the next five years. — vesti
- Rosconsumnadzor previously identified a French cream, La Roche-Posay, containing the carcinogen benzene, and sent a letter to AKIT to warn sellers about health risks and non-compliance with laws. — m24
Coverage (3 sources)
- Rosspotrebnadzor takes action against illegal sale of weight loss product — Вести
- Rosspotrebnadzor requires the removal from sale of a dangerous weight loss product — Интерфакс
- Rospotrebnadzor prevented the sale of the weight loss drug Retatrutide — Москва 24