Health Sciences Authority Executes Multi-Channel Enforcement Operation Against Illicit Health Products
衛生科學局執行多渠道執法行動 打擊非法健康產品
Introduction
The Health Sciences Authority (HSA) has concluded a coordinated enforcement exercise targeting the distribution and importation of unregistered medical devices and pharmaceuticals within Singapore.
衛生科學局 (HSA) 已完成一次協調執法行動，旨在打擊在新加坡分發與進口未經註冊的醫療器材及藥品。
Main Body
The operation, conducted between March 10 and March 26 as part of a global Interpol initiative involving ninety nations, focused on the eradication of illegal health product listings across e-commerce and social media platforms. A total of 959 listings were removed, with unregistered contact lenses constituting approximately 82% of these deletions. This represents a significant increase in the prevalence of illicit contact lens listings relative to 2025, despite a prior decline from 2024 levels. The HSA maintains that the procurement of contact lenses necessitates professional optometrist fitting and registration to mitigate the risk of severe ocular injury.
此次行動於 3 月 10 日至 3 月 26 日期間進行，作為涉及 90 個國家的國際刑警 (Interpol) 全球倡議之一，重點在於剷除電子商務與社群媒體平台上的非法健康產品刊登。總共移除了 959 則刊登，其中未經註冊的隱形眼鏡約佔 82%。儘管先前較 2024 年水平有所下降，但與 2025 年相比，非法隱形眼鏡刊登的盛行率顯著增加。HSA 主張，購買隱形眼鏡必須經過專業驗光師配戴與註冊，以降低嚴重眼傷的風險。
Concurrent with digital enforcement, the HSA intercepted 6,641 units of illicit products at national checkpoints, with 88% of these seizures occurring via postal services. The intercepted inventory primarily comprised prescription analgesics and sedatives (36%), followed by anti-parasitic agents such as ivermectin (30%), and dermal fillers (6%). The HSA noted a historical trend of ivermectin importation for unauthorized COVID-19 treatment, asserting that the substance lacks anti-viral properties and may induce severe adverse effects, including hepatic injury and hypotension.
在進行數位執法的同時，HSA 在國家檢查站截獲了 6,641 件非法產品，其中 88% 的截獲發生在郵政服務。截獲的庫存主要包括處方止痛藥和鎮靜劑 (36%)，其次是如伊維美可 (ivermectin) 等抗寄生蟲藥劑 (30%)，以及皮膚填充劑 (6%)。HSA 注意到過去存在進口伊維美可進行未經授權 COVID-19 治療的趨勢，並聲明該物質缺乏抗病毒特性，且可能引起嚴重不良反應，包括肝臟損傷與低血壓。
Furthermore, the seizure of 110 boxes of pre-filled dermal filler syringes highlights risks associated with non-professional administration. The HSA posits that such products may contain unverified ingredients, potentially resulting in tissue necrosis, blindness, or systemic infections. Legal repercussions for the unauthorized manufacture or supply of these products include potential incarceration for up to three years and financial penalties reaching S$100,000.
此外，截獲 110 盒預填充皮膚填充劑注射器，凸顯了非專業施打相關的風險。HSA 認為此類產品可能含有未經核實的成分，可能導致組織壞死、失明或全身性感染。非法製造或供應這些產品的法律後果包括最高可被判處三年監禁，以及高達 10 萬新加坡元的罰金。
Conclusion
The HSA continues to monitor the illegal trade of health products and urges public vigilance regarding unrealistic health claims.
HSA 將持續監控健康產品的非法貿易，並呼籲民眾對不切實際的健康聲稱保持警覺。
Vocabulary Learning
The Architecture of Institutional Authority
To move from B2 to C2, a student must stop treating 'formal' language as a set of vocabulary lists and start treating it as a strategic deployment of precision. The provided text is a masterclass in Nominalization and Agentless Causality—the hallmarks of high-level bureaucratic and legal English.
🧩 The Pivot: From 'Action' to 'State'
B2 learners describe events using verbs (e.g., "The HSA stopped 6,641 units"). C2 mastery requires transforming these actions into nouns to create an objective, authoritative distance.
Observation: Note the phrase "The procurement of contact lenses necessitates professional optometrist fitting."
- B2 Logic: If you buy contact lenses, you need an optometrist to fit them.
- C2 Logic: The act of buying (procurement) is framed as a requirement (necessitates) for a technical process (fitting).
🔬 Linguistic Deconstruction: "The Lexicon of Mitigation"
C2 English often utilizes specific verbs to signal a cautious, scholarly, or legalistic stance. In this text, we see a sophisticated progression of Epistemic Modality:
- Positing: "The HSA posits that..." This is not merely 'suggesting' or 'saying.' To posit is to place a premise forward as the basis for an argument. It elevates the claim from an opinion to a theoretical foundation.
- Mitigating: "...to mitigate the risk of severe ocular injury." Avoid 'reduce'. Mitigate implies a strategic effort to make a negative effect less severe, a staple of risk-management discourse.
- Inducing: "...may induce severe adverse effects." Rather than 'cause', induce suggests a biological or chemical trigger, demonstrating discipline-specific precision.
⚡ The 'Invisible' Agent
Notice the use of Passive Constructions combined with High-Density Noun Phrases:
"...unregistered contact lenses constituting approximately 82% of these deletions."
There is no subject performing the action of 'constituting' here; the data itself becomes the subject. This removes human bias and presents the information as an immutable fact.
C2 Strategy Tip: When writing formal reports, replace 'We found that X happened' with 'The prevalence of X represents a significant increase.' This shifts the focus from the observer to the phenomenon.