Privacy Statement

Introduction

Thanks for visiting TFDA website, www.tfda.or.tz. Our privacy policy outlines the information we learn when you visit our site and how we use this information.

Information Automatically Collected

When you visit a website, certain personal information about you can be collected automatically as you browse through the website.

At www.tzfda, when you browse through the pages, or download information, we do not collect any personal information automatically. However, we trace the type of browser and the IP address in order to measure how many visitors come to the different parts of the site so we can make the site more useful.

Information You Choose to Provide

We collect and store no other information about you when you visit our site unless you choose to provide it. For example:

·         If you send us an e-mail or submit an online form, we do not automatically receive your e-mail address. However, you will need to provide it to us if you would like an e-mail response. We will receive no other personally identifying information from your e-mail unless you provide it.

·         If you submit a form on our website, we will receive only the personal information you include in the form.

Information Disclosure Policy

Tanzania Food and Drugs Authority will not disclose, give, sell, or transfer any personal information about our visitors unless it is required:

·         by law

·         for law enforcement reasons.

Other possible uses of your information:

·         We will only use personal identifying information to respond to you, in which case various people may need to see the information you provide in order to provide a response to you.

·         If enough questions or comments come in that are the same, your question (but not your name) may be added to our Questions and Answers section. We use this information to help us improve our site.

·         We may share information with other government agencies that have public health or consumer protection duties, in which case Tanzania Food and Drugs Authority  or any of those agencies may contact you.

Note: E-mail is not necessarily secure against interception. If your communication is sensitive, or if it includes personal information, you can send it by postal mail instead.

Links to Other Sites

Our website has links to other government agencies, private organizations,  and international organizations. You should be aware that:

·         If you access another site through a link we provide, you are subject to the privacy policy of that site.

·         Tanzania Food and Drugs Authority is not responsible for the contents of any pages referred from its website.

Web Site Content

The health and medical information on our website is not intended to take the place of advice or treatment from healthcare professionals. It is also not intended to substitute for the users  relationships with their own health care/pharmaceutical providers.

Information Quality

Tanzania Food and Drugs Authority is dedicated to:

·         ensuring that all information it publishes reflects a level of quality corresponding to the nature and timeliness of the information

·         disseminating all its data as broadly and promptly as possible so that the public can benefit from FDA's mission to promote and protect the public health.

Note: In keeping with this commitment and in accordance with Tanzania Food, Drugs and cosmetic Act No. 1 of 2003, Tanzania Food and Drugs Authority (TFDA) has developed information quality guidelines establishing quality assurance policies, standards, and processes.

Contact Information

If you have any questions or comments about the TFDA website, you can contact us by:

·         calling 255 22 2450512, 2450751, 2450108

·         sending a fax to 255 22 2450793

·         writing to:

TANZANIA FOOD AND DRUGS AUTHORITY

P. O. BOX 77150

DAR ES SALAAM  - TANZANIA

·        using our on-line feedback form.