His Excellency, the acting executive president of SFDA, Dr. Mohammed bin Ahmed Alkanal inaugurates the Saudi Package Drug Insert on Saturday afternoon 29-12-1429H, 27-12-2008. The drug sector of the SFDA had set the Saudi Package Drug Insert (SPDI); which has more than 1400 pages and contains important scientific information about three thousand drug marketed in the Kingdom.

The SFDA, represented by its drug sector, organizes the second national week of poisoning prevention entitled "Herbal Products are Unsafe" which will last for one week starting from 29-12-1429 to 5-1-1430 that equals 27-12-2008 to 2-1-2009, in the SFDA Riyadh headquarter. The party and the accompanied exhibition will be inaugurated by his Excellency Dr.

The SFDA, represented by its food sector, sponsors the fifth annual meeting of the Saudi Society for Food and Nutrition on Tuesday morning 16-1-1430 H, that equals 13-1-2009, in Madareem Crown Hotel in Riyadh. Dr. Bakri Hussain Hussain, who conducted the study group of evaluating kinds, uses, risks of plastic packaging and wrapping materials used for food in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, will deliver a main lecture about "Pollutants Journey from Food Cans". Yet, another lecture entitled "Obesity; reasons and diagnoses" will be held by Dr.

The College of Telecom and Information Honored the SFDA for its active participation in the second educational exhibition entitled "To Avoid Mistakes".
In a reverence ceremony held by the College of Telecom and Information; Mr. Mazin bin Mousa Alismail, the supervisor of public relations in the SFDA, received a gratitude trophy from the dean of the college Dr. Ahmed bin Abdullah Alhamed. Yet, the College thanked the SFDA for its participation and efforts in educating the consumer.

The SFDA, in cooperation with the Institution of Researches and Consultative Services in the Islamic University of Imam Muhammad bin Saud, organizes a meeting for its scholarships candidates within the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Program of Scholarship, starting from Saturday 27-1-1430H and lasting for three days in Madareem Crown Hotel in Riyadh, at 3.45 p.m. until 8 p.m.

The SFDA, represented by its food sector, organizes two workshops about "the right procedures to withdraw and circulate samples of food imported to the Kingdom" in Quality Laboratory of Jeddah and Dammam, starting from the 27th to the 28th of Muharram, 1430H, that equals the 24th to the 25th of January, 2009 in Dammam, and from the 1st to the 2nd of Saffar, 1430H, that equals the 27th to the 28th of January, 2009. His Excellency, Dr.

تجري الهيئة العامة للغذاء والدواء عملية السحب على أسماء الفائزين بجوائز الحملة الوطنية الأولى للتوعية بسلامة الغذاء يوم الثلاثاء 15/2/1430هـ الموافق 10/2/2009 وسيتم إعلان أسماء الفائزين يوم السبت 19/2/1430هـ الموافق 14/2/2009.
هذا وتتقدم الهيئة العامة للغذاء والدواء بالشكر لجميع المشاركين في هذه المسابقة التوعوية.

During a ceremony held by the SFDA on Wednesday the 15th of Safar, 1429H that equals the 10th of February, 2009, to honor effective participants in the competition of the first national campaign of food safety awareness which entitled "No for Food Poisoning", the SFDA has withdrawn names of winners.