The Ministry of Health and Social Assistance in the Dominican Republic has developed a smartphone app that can be used by the public to report suspect drugs, foods and other products. The DigemApps app – which will be made available via the Google Play store – will allow consumers to anonymously report products that they believe may be counterfeit, fraudulent or not meeting health and quality standards directly to the authorities. They will also be able to upload pictures of the suspect goods and each report will be tagged with GPS coordinates. The report will be forwarded to the Directorate General for Medicines, Food and Health Products which will carry out an inspection of the retail establishment.

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