On November 3rd, 2017
NORTH NATOMAS – In an effort to assist the public in safely disposing prescription medication, and in an effort to combat the abuse of prescriptions meds, several members of the California Statewide Law Enforcement Association (CSLEA) and California Association of Food and Drug Investigators (CAFDI) spent their Saturday, October 28, 2017 at prescription drug take […]
On November 14th, 2016
VENTURA – When California Department of Public Health (CDPH) investigators went undercover at the Ventura College Foundation Marketplace Swap Meet November 5, 2016, they discovered and purchased prescription medication being sold without a proper license. “Some of the drugs seized were recalled drugs and have undeclared pharmaceutical ingredients that may cause significant health risks,” said […]
On July 6th, 2016
SACRAMENTO- A Sacramento area couple and their adult son are under investigation for allegedly selling illegal foreign pharmaceuticals and prescription drugs, along with suspected counterfeit clothing at three area businesses. On June 21, 2016, more than 50 agents and investigators from the California Department of Public Health Food and Drug Branch, Franchise Tax Board, Department […]
On October 27th, 2015
LOS ANGELES – On October 23, 2015, the owners and operators of 10 Southern California businesses were charged in federal court with illegally selling cosmetic contact lenses without prescriptions. The charges are the result of an investigation in which products purchased were contaminated with dangerous pathogens that can cause eye injury, blindness and loss of the […]
On October 6th, 2015
SACRAMENTO- On Saturday, September 26, 2015, California Statewide Law Enforcement Association (CSLEA) Director and California Association of Food & Drug Investigators (CAFDI) President George Tiongson joined five CSLEA/CAFDI members who volunteered their time to staff collection sites for the 10th annual National Prescription Drug Take-Back event. "Safe disposal sites were set up in communities across […]
On July 23rd, 2014
After an intense year-long, statewide investigation by nearly a dozen California Statewide Law Enforcement Association (CSLEA) members who are investigators at the California Department of Public Health (CDPH), the giant food distribution company Sysco Corporation will pay nearly $20 million dollars in restitution, penalties and costs for illegally and unsafely storing meat, milk, eggs and […]
