Uganda's NDA found HIV drugs in meat but didn't issue warning

2023-09-08 02:29

The National Drug Authority found anti-retrovirals in pork and chicken in 2014 but didn't tell the public.

Uganda's National Drug Authority has admitted it knew HIV and Aids medicine was being used to fatten up animals in 2014 but did not warn the public.

The regulator's senior drugs inspector Amos Atumanya told parliament it became aware anti-retrovirals were being given to pigs and chickens to treat...