FDA Explains Why Reno Brand Liver Spread is Among their Recent List of Products “Not to Purchase”

September 17, 2020797 views0

Are you among the many Filipinos who have been surprised to know the well known Reno Brand Liver Spread is one of the food products and food supplements which are not registered with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)?

Through the FDA Advisory No. 1618, series of 2020 the administration has warned the public against the purchase and consumption of five unregistered products including the Reno Brand Liver Spread. This led some people to wonder why since the said product has already been around and available in the market for a long time.

At around noon today (Thursday), September 17, 2020, FDA has released a press statement about the “FDA Registration of the Reno Brand Liver Spread” which holds the answers to the questions of the public.

According to the FDA, they require two (2) types of authorizations before any processed food product can be released in the Philippine market. The following are the said authorizations:

The first is the License-to- Operate (LTO)
Certificate of Product Registration (CPR)

The manufacturer of RENO brand Liver spread, the RENO Foods, Incorporated, has existing LTO as a food repacker. However, the FDA reveals that the mentioned liver spread failed to secure a CPR. Thus, the FDA informed the public, through an advisory, that the RENO Brand Liver Spread is not registered as of this date.

Press Statement: FDA Registration of Reno Brand Liver Spread

Here’s the press statement as released by the Food and Drug Administration earlier today:

“The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requires two (2) types of authorizations before any processed food product can be released in the Philippine market. The first is the License-to- Operate (LTO) which is an authorization granted to manufacturers, repackers, importers, distributors, wholesalers, traders who passed FDA guidelines such as Good Manufacturing Practices. After being issued an LTO, the food business operator is required to secure another authorization which is called Certificate of Product Registration (CPR). The evaluation process for CPR entails checking of the safety and quality of a respective product with applicable standards and issuances.
These have been the basic requirements of FDA since 2009 with the passage of Republic Act No. 9711 or the FDA Act of 2009. On 28 December 2009, a joint issuance was issued by the Department of Agriculture (DA) and Department of Health (DOH) in transferring the mandate of regulation from DOH-FDA to DA-National Meat Inspection Service (NMIS) of processed meat products. The mandate only returned to the DOH-FDA with the signing of Republic Act No. 10611 or the Food Safety Act of 2013. The transfer was fully implemented on 01 May 2017, and FDA started requiring a valid CPR prior to the distribution of all processed meat, including liver spread products such as RENO Brand.

RENO Foods, Incorporated, the manufacturer of RENO brand Liver spread has an existing LTO as food repacker. In 2017, the company applied for the variation of their LTO to include their product line as manufacturer of processed meat products. Upon inspection of the FDA, the company was granted approval of the LTO as manufacturer. However, FDA inspectors instructed the company to secure CPRs for their products, including RENO Brand Liver Spread.

This year, FDA inspectors collected samples of RENO Brand Liver Spread for verification of their CPR. Upon extensive search of FDA databases, the mentioned liver spread failed to secure a CPR. Thus, the FDA has a responsibility to inform the public, through an advisory, that RENO Brand Liver Spread is NOT REGISTERED as of this date as a processed food product and must secure the required authorization from this Office.”

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Source: Food and Drug Administration Philippines