EXCLUSIVE – Sold clandestinely for a few euros in night grocery stores, this adulterated product containing the active ingredient of Viagra is at the heart of vast trafficking. Customs warn of the health risk, particularly that of convulsions and hemorrhages.
Presented by a host of charlatans as a miracle product supposed to promote sexual performance, so-called “aphrodisiac” honey is on the verge of becoming a real threat to public health. Compound without any control of sildenafil, which is none other than the active ingredient of Viagra, what experts also call “erectile” honey or “adulterated” honey is now at the heart of vast clandestine trafficking. Presented mainly in the form of “stick” type packaging of 15, 20 or even 30 grams, these pods, packaged in boxes of several units, are now the subject of illegal trade which is reaching proportions never before reached. .
On the ground, customs officers carry out business. On November 18, those at the port of Marseille made a record seizure of 13.9 tons of aphrodisiac honey from Malaysia. That’s nearly 800,000 doses ready to be sold…
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