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illegal Botox products
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Case reference FOI2025/00305
Received 25 March 2025
Published 5 May 2025
Request
Request 1 In May 2024, enforcement officers from the MHRA seized a number of unauthorised aesthetic products from a Glasgow warehouse. More information on this can be found on Glasgow City Council’s website here: https://tinyurl.com/mtjc8zsb Can you please confirm the location, date and details of every case where enforcement officers from the MHRA have seized unauthorised aesthetic products such as: botulinum toxin, Botox, Derma Filler, filler, cosmetic injections, beauty injections, numbing agents, lidocaine, antibiotics, needles and cannulas for each of the following time frames. 1st March 2020 to 28th February 2021 1st March 2021 to 28th February 2022 1st March 2022 to 28th February 2023 1st March 2013 to 29th February 2024 1st March 2024 to 28th February 2025 Example of response Please see the below table as an example of how I wish to receive this information: Unauthorised aesthetic products, 01/03/2020 - 28/02/2025 May 2024 Glasgow Details Thousands of pounds worth of unlicensed and un-prescribed products used in cosmetic injections have been seized from a Glasgow warehouse. Boxes of dermal fillers, needles and vials of botulinum toxin were found during a raid on the premises in an industrial estate in the north of the city. The operation was carried out by the criminal enforcement unit of the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). Request 2 Please can you also confirm how many complaints the MHRA has received which mention: botulinum toxin, Botox, Derma Filler, filler, cosmetic injections, beauty injections, numbing agents, lidocaine, antibiotics or a combination of these for each of the following time frames. 1st March 2020 to 28th February 2021 1st March 2021 to 28th February 2022 1st March 2022 to 28th February 2023 1st March 2013 to 29th February 2024 1st March 2024 to 28th February 2025 Request 3 If possible, can you please include details of these complaints. I believe these requests falls under the scope of a FOI request. If it is not possible to provide the information requested due to the information exceeding the time or cost limits identified in Section 12, please priorities request 1, then request 2.
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