People who are selling any herbal medicine and other substances claiming to be able to treat any ailment without having proper authorization from the Health Ministry can be taken to task by the Health Ministry.

The Health Liaison Officer Ilisea Tora said that retailers who sell such items must be registered pharmacists.

Tora said that the ministry has asked the Pharmacy and Poisons Board to be more vigilant to such practices and those who supply the substances or so called medicines.

He said in the recent months a lot of people have been advertising products which they claim can treat certain ailments.

Tora added that the ministry officers will now monitor the situation as people have been found to be selling herbal medicines.

He said that pharmaceutical wholesalers who brings these "medicines" in the country can be deregistered and retailers selling these items and are not registered pharmacists have been advised to remove the items from their shelves.