When Regulators Become the Risk

When the institution meant to keep unsafe products off the shelves is itself drawn into an investigation, citizens deserve answers—

Rwanda’s public has been asked to trust the Rwanda Food and Drugs Authority with a mission that goes to the heart of everyday safety: ensuring products sold for consumption meet legal health and quality standards. Yet Prof. Émile Bienvenu, the authority’s Director General, is now among the suspects arrested in an investigation into the alleged production and distribution of non-compliant alcoholic beverages.

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