He Government of Mexicothrough the Federal Commission for the Protection against Health Risks (Cofepris), has insured controlled substances and medications for an amount of more than 1,600 million pesos (mp) in the last three years.
This was announced by Armida Zúñiga, head of the Cofeprisin the Town Morningin which he presented the progress of the verification and surveillance program of the regulated activities of chemical precursors, essential chemical products, psychotropics and narcotics in verification visits.
This was what Cofepris assured
In his presentation about the project between Cofepris and the Secretary of the NavyZúñiga Estrada explained that the insurance of substances and medicines between 2021 and 2024 is equivalent to an amount of one thousand 684 million 722 thousand 852.45 pesos.
In addition, between December 2021 and December 2024, 473 verifications throughout the country, which led to:
- 173 establishments with partial suspension (sic)
- 50 establishments with total suspension (sic)
- 2 companies closed
- 41 companies fined
- 19 arrests
The majority of visits by Cofepris and Marina were in 2024 with 227, followed by 2023, with 222; while in 2022 there were 19, and in 2021, 3.
In turn, the federal official explained that, as part of the chain of control of chemical precursors, the Comprehensive Substance System (SISUS) prepared together with the Navy, it will be available to companies starting in February of this year; This system allows:
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“Carry out administrative procedures related to regulated activities that involve these substances, including machines for making tablets.”
To date, SISUS has registered 201 legal entities348 establishments, 198 legal representatives and 189 health officials.
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