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Brazil's Federal Revenue seizes over 1,800 weight‑loss injector pens in Bahia

The Federal Revenue Service (Receita Federal) confiscated 1,849 weight‑loss injector pens in Brazil's state of Bahia between 2024 and June 2026. The haul is part of a national total of 130,609 seized pens, representing R$ 88.5 million in value; Bahia's share amounts to R$ 1.09 million.

The most common product seized nationwide was tirzepatida, followed by Lipoless and Mounjaro pens. In Bahia, Mounjaro accounted for the majority, with 67 units seized in 2024 and 1,458 units in 2025 – 82 % of the state's total. Additional seizures were recorded in early 2026, including 20 tirzepatida and 2 semaglutide pens.

The crackdown coincides with ANVISA’s 2023 resolution banning the manufacture, distribution and advertising of several imported weight‑loss drugs, and with intensified inspections by the Federal Highway Police (PRF) on Bahia’s main roads, which reported hundreds of related interceptions in the first half of 2026.

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