Anvisa bans Accu-Chek Active glucose test strips on Amazon

Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) has prohibited the sale, distribution, and import of Accu-Chek Active glucose test strips found on the Amazon platform. The agency issued resolutions RE 4.143/2026 and RE 4.147/2026 following reports that certain listings contained irregular products.

Roche Diabetes Care Brasil Ltda., the manufacturer, identified the issue after discovering reagent strips that lacked original external packaging. These items were marked with the English inscription ‘ONLY FOR GOVERNMENT TENDER’, indicating they were intended exclusively for government bidding processes rather than retail sale.

The prohibited items include Accu-Chek Active 50-unit strips and 100-unit kits. Roche clarified that while the products were diverted from their intended public sector use without authorization, they characterized the issue as an illegal diversion of specific batches (numbers 29533831 and 29534131) rather than traditional counterfeiting. The company advises consumers to purchase products only through authorized distributors and official pharmacy partners.