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    A new way to solve pesticide residues in traditional Chinese medicine is here

    • Last Update: 2021-07-09
    • Source: Internet
    • Author: User
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    In the blink of an eye, the 2020 version of the new pharmacopoeia standard has been implemented for more than three months.
    With the joint efforts of the majority of colleagues in the Chinese medicine industry, all parties in the industry have tried to solve the problem of pesticide residues in Chinese medicine for a period of time.
    Quickly accumulated certain practical experience and not small achievements
    .
    In this regard, which in pharmaceutical kinds of pesticide residues easily exceeded? And what pesticide residues are exceeding the standard? Industry media have also followed up in time and gave corresponding reports
    .
    However, with the release of the information, some medicinal materials that are not optimistic have gradually surfaced.
    For example, the angelica variety.
    The industry has recently become a cold humor: "After multiple tests, there is currently a bad news about the angelica variety.
    The good news! The bad news is that less of Angelica has passed pesticide residue testing! The good news is that in pesticide residue testing, the variety of Angelica is more unqualified!.
    .
    .
    " Of course, for this situation, all parties in the industry This did not generate a negative attitude, but quickly responded positively.
    Some producers have begun to introduce non- (low) pesticide residue angelica medicinal materials that have passed inspections.
    Of course, the price is relatively higher than the ordinary angelica price of about 10 yuan
    .

      ▍The government responded quickly and issued a new method:
    the Minxian government, which is the main producing area of ​​angelica banning the spraying of highly toxic pesticides , also responded quickly and issued a notice on the prohibition of spraying of highly toxic pesticides to the majority of angelica medicinal plant growers on March 30, 2020: It can be seen that in terms of conquering pesticide residues in traditional Chinese medicine, the drums of the "big decisive battle" have sounded, and the best choice for the industry is to adapt to the development of the times
    .
    In fact, in this regard, for the majority of colleagues in the industry, it is not just one Angelica species that has such a positive response phenomenon, other varieties of medicinal materials that are more likely to exceed the standard pesticide residues.
    All parties in the industry are currently taking countermeasures and quickly based on the actual situation.
    Make adjustments accordingly
    .
    For example, such varieties as dandelion and oldenlandia diffusa are likely to have excessive pesticide residues in domestically grown products.
    At present, wild sources are beginning to be popular.

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    Although it is not ruled out that some wild medicinal materials are also contaminated by pesticide residues, after all, compared with domestically grown products, the chance of passing is greatly improved
    .
    Of course, some third-party testing platforms are also indispensable in tackling pesticide residues in traditional Chinese medicine.
    For example, with the consent of customers, some third-party testing platforms will send test data of medicinal materials that are qualified for inspection by producers or marketers, and Their contact information is released to achieve mutual support and dependence, actively promote medicinal materials for sellers, and provide high-quality sources for purchasers
    .

      ▍How do businesses deal with pesticide residues?
    In the Chinese medicinal material market, especially many merchants engaged in single-species franchise, have begun to launch medicinal materials without (low) pesticide residues.
    So, how did they do it? It turns out that with the implementation of the new pharmacopoeia standards, many market players in the industry are also beginning to actively respond.
    Origin to purchase when, for some bulk herbs, many market players to take the first extraction Third, two of the sample, after a good contact with the third-party testing platform, quickly sent by SF Express, once cooperatives Which herbs qualified, to Make sure to load the truck and purchase the goods from that company
    .
    Some purchasers even went to some medicinal material bases or the fields of large growers to dig out fresh roots and dry them in recent months while some varieties were being produced, and then sent them to a third-party platform to test the content and pesticide residues.
    After passing the qualification, directly sign the purchase contract
    .
    Of course, for those production companies , they respond in terms of pesticide residues in traditional Chinese medicine, it has not been idle
    .
    According to the author's understanding, in order to verify whether their own pesticide residue detection technology has passed the customs, some companies are currently actively adopting friendly cooperation with third-party testing platforms to replace the "re-inspection" of the "qualified and unqualified" varieties.
    Verify test results
    .
    That is to say, the samples of our company’s pesticide residues tested qualified, get your third-party testing platform and re-test; and your third-party testing of unqualified varieties, our company will take back the sample and do a test to verify it.
    Whether the inspection results of both parties are consistent, so as to seek a reasonable and effective technical support path and achievement sharing
    .
    In terms of the purchase and sale of medicinal materials, some business operators and production companies have also begun to seek "data support" and "information sharing" paths in the purchase of goods.
    For example: Purchaser: You said that the pesticide residue of this medicinal material does not exceed the standard, and there is nothing.
    What's the basis? Seller: My batch of goods has been tested and qualified on a third-party testing platform.
    If you don’t believe me, I can show you their test report.
    In addition, a certain decoction piece factory bought it from me a week ago One batch.
    Yesterday, it was notified that it passed the inspection.
    This is the contact number of their buyer.
    If you don’t believe it, you can call and ask
    .
    Purchase from Unit A: Brother, our company wants to purchase a certain product recently, do you have information on the source of qualified pesticide residues? Unit B purchases: Brother, this variety, we took the goods from a certain dealer a few days ago.
    The pesticide residues have been tested and passed.
    There are still a lot of big goods waiting to be sold there.
    Go find him!
      ▍33 survey results of 50 pesticide residues of traditional Chinese medicines
    (the data in this figure comes from Dandelion) Judging from the current industry situation, it is not easy to solve pesticide residues of traditional Chinese medicine.
    It is difficult to do it overnight, and it needs to be done step by step .
    But as long as everyone is serious about doing things, step by step, the prospects are still promising and worthy of optimism .
    For example, the new pharmacopoeia standard was implemented on December 30, 2020.
    After half a year to a year in the future, as the growing awareness of the pesticide residues of traditional Chinese medicine increases, the use of pesticides will definitely be restrained.
    In the autumn and winter season of this year, the qualified rate of pesticide residues will be greatly increased after those half-yearly or annual-growing varieties are produced one after another.



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    The two-year to three-year-old medicinal material varieties are based on the above situation and reality, and with the promotion of the industry trend of high quality and high price of traditional Chinese medicine, the enthusiasm of the source planting end of the production area will be mobilized.
    Next year, the next year, and the new season when the corresponding varieties are produced in the next year, the qualification rate of pesticide residues will gradually improve, so that the industry will have a comprehensive and healthy development in the future
    .

      ▍A three-pronged approach to control pesticide residues,
    but then again, although the industry and related companies have been making unremitting efforts for pesticide residues in traditional Chinese medicine, the problems reported by the majority of practitioners in this regard are still There are still many.
    For example, an industry colleague put forward this point of view: 1.
    Regarding the treatment of pesticide residues in traditional Chinese medicine, the focus should not be placed on the source of the production area, because the medicinal materials at the source of the production area are blooming everywhere, fighting each other, which is too loose and disorderly.
    The pesticide farmer sprays pesticides, and the dosage is based on personal feelings
    .
    It is difficult to have comprehensive supervision in place
    .
    Therefore, the task of managing pesticide residues in traditional Chinese medicine is placed on the planting side.
    Although the effect will be there, it will not be too great
    .
    2.
    Putting the burden of controlling pesticide residues in traditional Chinese medicine on the enterprise with "reverse force" means, although effective, the cost is huge, and this repressive means is only a "remedy" method, and there is no "preventing the problem before it happens".
    Positive
    .
    3.
    So, what is the best way to control pesticide residues in food and drugs? Naturally, it is the first priority to control or prohibit the production of those high-toxic pesticide manufacturers
    .
    Why are many highly toxic pesticides banned by the relevant government departments many years ago, but in reality, why do they continue to ban them? What's the reason? ……Perhaps, some highly toxic pesticides are produced for reasons, such as export orders or forestry pest protection
    .
    However, how many batches of highly toxic pesticides your company has produced this year, the flow of these pesticides, the use of these pesticides, and the implementation of their final use require a strict supervision process
    .
    Manufacturers sell highly toxic pesticides to crop hospitals, The supervision should add the responsibility of the production enterprise; the crop hospital should be held accountable for selling highly toxic pesticides to farmers! On the one hand, while chasing and blocking highly toxic pesticides to prevent them from flowing into the production channels of crops, while supporting the production enterprises and market circulation of high-efficiency and low-toxic pesticides and biological pesticides, this is the key to the control of pesticide residues in food and drugs
    .
    It should be said that the views of this industry colleague still have some truth
    .
    However, one problem should not be neglected, and that is, in the use of pesticides on crops, whether high-toxic pesticides or low-toxic pesticides are used, only reasonable and appropriate use
    .
    If the operation is not standardized scientific, spraying times, too frequent too large an amount, indiscriminate abuse is still excessive discharge, low toxicity of pesticides to crops comprising the same ingredients detrimental
    .
    Therefore, in terms of the above situation, whether it is the control of the planting end of Chinese medicinal materials, the "reversal means" on the Chinese medicine company, or the management of the source of high-toxic pesticide production, it is the industry's equally important first priority! In other words, a three-pronged approach and one indispensable is the most effective way and direction to solve pesticide residues in traditional Chinese medicine
    .
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