Circular of the State Food and Drug Administration on Further Strengthening the market quality supervision of traditional Chinese Medicine

Source: CFDA 2015-2-10 sfdjd [2015] No.3 Hebei, Heilongjiang, Anhui, Jiangxi, Shandong, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Chongqing, Sichuan, Yunnan, Shaanxi, Gansu (District, city) food and Drug Administration: January 22-28, 2015 The State Food and Drug Administration (CFDA) organized a flight inspection of five specialized markets of traditional Chinese medicine, including Yuzhou in Henan Province, Bozhou in Anhui Province, Anguo in Hebei Province, Lianqiao in Hunan Province, and Hehuachi in Sichuan Province The inspection results have been reported on the administration website of CFDA In recent years, the market order of traditional Chinese medicine has been improved after several times of renovation However, many problems still exist in flight inspection, which seriously affect the quality and safety of traditional Chinese medicine and pose a potential hazard to the public health In order to further strengthen the market supervision of traditional Chinese medicine and crack down on illegal activities, the relevant requirements are hereby notified as follows: 1 Immediately carry out rectification actions The food and Drug Administration of Hebei, Anhui, Henan, Hunan and Sichuan provinces shall immediately organize and focus on the rectification actions against the problems found in the flight inspection, focusing on the quality problems such as substandard Chinese herbal medicines, dyeing and weight gain, adulteration and falsification, as well as illegal processing and illegal operation Under the leadership of the local government, the rectification work should coordinate the unified action of the public security, industry and Commerce and other relevant departments, resolutely investigate and deal with the illegal acts in the specialized market of Chinese herbal medicines, resolutely ban illegal business activities, and purify the market of Chinese herbal medicines 2、 We will severely punish illegal and criminal acts During the flight inspection, many problems were found, among which, some merchants in Yuzhou market in Henan Province dyed Gardenia on the street, bupleurum sold non medicinal parts instead of medicinal parts, red ginseng in Anguo market in Hebei Province added sugar to increase weight, and aloe oil was injected and adulterated, Pu Huang and Hai Jinsha were sold in Bozhou market in Anhui Province, Li Zaoren was used as sour Zaoren and Tu Dahuang as Rhubarb in Lianqiao market in Hunan Province, Sichuan Lotus Pond market uses sediment to gain weight on earthworms and woodlouse worms The General Administration of food and drug administration has notified the problems found in the flight inspection The food and Drug Administration of the five provinces mentioned above shall promptly investigate and deal with the reported illegal acts, and immediately transfer the cases to the public security organs for criminal responsibility if they have already constituted the crime of making and selling fake goods 3、 We will effectively strengthen the supervision and management of traditional Chinese medicine Provincial Food and drug administrations should draw inferences from one instance and make overall use of supervision and inspection, inspection and monitoring, complaint reporting and other means to strengthen supervision We need to improve our ability to find problems by means of flight inspection and in-depth investigation In order to improve the pertinence of sampling inspection, we should increase the frequency of sampling inspection for fake Chinese herbal medicine varieties due to the easy occurrence of shoddy, dyeing and weight increasing We should attach great importance to the information of complaints and reports, investigate and verify them in time, and give full play to the role of social co governance It is necessary to strengthen coordination with relevant departments, enhance regulatory efforts, and jointly guarantee the quality and safety of Chinese herbal medicines 4、 Increase information disclosure and exposure All localities shall promptly report the cases investigated and handled in the supervision of the specialized market of traditional Chinese medicine and the potential risks found to the general administration The results of the inspection, the conclusions of the inspection and the opinions of the investigation and punishment shall be made public to the public in a timely manner Cases of violation of laws and regulations shall be exposed by the provincial food and drug regulatory authorities in a unified way; if the circumstances are serious, the General Administration shall expose them on the government website 5、 Strictly implement the responsibilities of local governments The local government where the Chinese herbal medicine market is located shall strictly comply with the notice on Further Strengthening the management of Chinese herbal medicine (SFDA [2013] 208) issued by the State Council and the food and drug administration To strengthen the market management of traditional Chinese medicine, establish and improve various systems such as market transactions and quality management standards, and establish and improve the supervision and inspection, accountability and social supervision mechanisms We will conscientiously fulfill the responsibilities of the letter of responsibility for the market management of Chinese herbal medicine, strengthen the daily management and inspection of the market, and ensure market purification and trading norms Hebei, Anhui, Henan, Hunan and Sichuan provinces reported to the State Food and drug administration before February 17 the rectification actions and the phased situation of case investigation and punishment The General Administration will check the rectification effect again in due time Contact person: Lin Changqing, Department of pharmaceutical and chemical supervision Tel.: 010-88330854 Fax: 010-68311985 food and Drug Administration February 9, 2015