CFDA of illegal Ginkgo biloba extract health food

"In our case investigation of two enterprises in Guilin and Ningbo, we found that these illegal Ginkgo biloba extracts have gone to health food enterprises Therefore, the State Food and drug administration requires all enterprises that use Ginkgo biloba extract to produce health food to conduct self inspection immediately " Wang Hong, director of the third food supervision department of the State Food and drug administration, told the economic reference on June 9 that this also means the beginning of this year's health food screening According to relevant regulations, Ginkgo biloba and its extract can be used as raw materials of health food As of May 28, 2015, a total of 457 health food products containing ginkgo biloba and its extract were approved, including 175 Ginkgo biloba products and 282 Ginkgo biloba extract products During the supervision and inspection by the General Administration of food and drug, it was found that two Ginkgo Leaf drug manufacturers, Guilin Xingda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd and Ningbo Lihua Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., were suspected of producing and operating ginkgo leaf extract produced by hydrochloric acid process, and on May 20 and 29, they had required the enterprises to take measures such as stopping production and recalling the sold products "All products including imported manufacturers and domestic products must be subject to self inspection, including whether to purchase Ginkgo biloba extract from the above-mentioned enterprises, whether to use the raw materials to produce finished products and sales, whether to illegally add other substances in the raw materials of Ginkgo biloba extract used, etc." Wang Hong said that the self inspection of enterprises and the recall of defective products should be completed by June 15 and reported to the local provincial food and drug regulatory authorities.