United States of America - In recent weeks the Food and Drug Administration has issued letters via the Internet to operators of non USA-based internet sites that offer to sell on-line prescription medicines that may be illegal. The letters inform the operators about the laws governing prescription drug sales within the USA, with an explanation of the statutory provisions that govern interstate commerce of drugs and a warning that future shipments of the products may be automatically detained and subject to refusal of entry.

Reference: FDA Talk Paper, T00-8 (2000).