Hainan Food and Drug Administration Launches Special Remediation of Chinese Herbal Pieces

In order to further rectify and standardize the order of use of Chinese herbal medicines, and severely crack down on the illegal acts of making and selling counterfeit and shoddy Chinese medicines, the Food and Drug Supervision Administration of Hainan Province, in conjunction with the centralized rectification of the circulation of pharmaceuticals, launched a special rectification of the circulation of Chinese herbal medicines in the province.

The special rectification is aimed at the wholesale and retail enterprises in the province with Chinese herbal medicines, Chinese Herbal Pieces, and medical institutions using Chinese Herbal Medicines. From May 15 to August 15, 2012, the use of three months, focusing Check whether there are stains, artificial weight gain, adulterated adulteration, etc. of traditional Chinese medicines such as papaya, cork, yam, venison, pinellia, schisandra, agaric, blood dried, honeysuckle, floating wheat, diffusa, etc. Confiscation, counterfeiting or counterfeit products or Other types of illegal activities.

The first is that the TCM decoction pieces enterprises mainly inspect the holding status of the “Pharmaceutical License” and the “Pharmaceutical Business Quality Management Certification Certificate” for the Chinese Herbal Pieces; whether the Purchasing TCM decoction pieces are held by the manufacturing enterprises or holding the “Pharmaceutical GMP Certificate”. "Pharmaceutical Business Quality Management Specification Certification" of the procurement of business enterprises; whether the wholesale business sales with additional official seal of the company's production and operation of enterprise qualification certificate and inspection report; whether there is sub-packaging, change the label, from the Chinese herbal medicine market or other It is necessary for units or individuals with qualifications in the production and operation of decoction pieces to purchase traditional Chinese medicine decoction pieces and other illegal acts; when making purchases of decoction pieces, it is necessary to obtain licenses, acceptance work, and purchase documents are in conformity with the physical object; whether the storage has the temperature control, pest control, rat-proofing, etc. that guarantee the quality of the decoction pieces. Whether moisture protection facilities and daily maintenance and management meet the requirements; whether the technical personnel of Chinese Herbal Pieces are equipped as required, whether the technical personnel meet the requirements for on-the-job duty and seriously perform the duties; whether the pharmaceutical retail enterprises deploy Chinese Herbal Pieces in accordance with the prescription, whether there is unauthorized processing of traditional Chinese medicine decoction pieces or blends Miscellaneous adulteration, calling tickets Camp, artificial coloring and other weight gain behavior.

The second is whether the medical institutions mainly inspected the purchase of Chinese Herbal Pieces and asked whether the enterprises provided qualification certificates and the quality inspection report of the purchased products; whether the use of Chinese Herbal Pieces was in accordance with the “Regulations for the Administration of Chinese Herbal Pieces in Hospitals” to guarantee the storage, transportation, and adjustment of the products. The quality of the decoction pieces; the processing of a small amount of special-purpose decoction pieces for self-use, whether to record the variety, quantity, processing reason, and particularity to the local municipal-level food and drug regulatory authority. The focus of special rectification is to buy or sell unqualified Chinese Herbal Pieces in the last two years. We will strictly investigate and deal with violations of laws and regulations such as counterfeiting, illegal processing of tablets, affixing of ticketing operations, artificial staining and weight gain, etc. The sources of unqualified Chinese herbal medicines will be traced to the end.

Through special rectification, the promotion of the standardized development of the Chinese Herbal Pieces market will surely ensure the safety and effectiveness of public drug use.