U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Port of Vicksburg in Jackson, MS seized an express consignment shipment containing more than 27,000 unmarked Viagra capsules.
The capsules, estimated to have an MSRP of more than $663,000, had been sent from Hong Kong, and was destined to an address in Mississippi. The package was selected for inspection due to improper marking. Upon further inspection, officers discovered thousands of pills containing Sildenafil citrate, commonly known as Viagra.
The shipment was seized for violation of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, which prohibits the introduction or delivery for introduction into interstate commerce, or the causing thereof, of any food, drug, device, tobacco product, or cosmetic that is adulterated or mis-branded.
