Eight goalkeepers work together to rectify the traditional Chinese medicine industry

The reporter learned at the interview meeting of professional market management of traditional Chinese medicine held recently that eight generals, including the State Food and drug administration, the Ministry of industry and information technology, the Ministry of agriculture and the Ministry of Commerce, joined hands to strengthen the management of traditional Chinese medicine and severely crack down on the phenomenon of "putting on the legal coat for illegal products", including severely cracking down on the subcontracting of traditional Chinese medicine production to illegal processing dens or pharmaceutical farmers, and forbidding the purchase of traditional Chinese medicine production enterprises Buying illegal pieces of Chinese herbal medicine, changing their packaging and selling them, and severely cracking down on the illegal drug enterprises and illegal traders colluding to rent and lend licenses With the price of traditional Chinese medicine rising, driven by interests, illegal processing, counterfeiting dens, collusion of market merchants and other phenomena are not only forbidden, but also formed the underground industry chain of illegal production and sales Recently, five investigation groups of the State Food and Drug Administration visited the professional markets of Chinese herbal medicines in Bozhou, Anhui, Anguo, Hebei, Chengdu lotus price pool, Qingping, Guangzhou, Yulin, Guangxi and other places, and found that in and around the market, the phenomenon of Chinese herbal medicine dyeing and weight gain, fake and inferior, adulteration and falsification, illegal operation, illegal processing of decoction pieces, pesticide abuse and drug variation were rampant, The situation is particularly serious in some places "We have seen in the lotus price pool market in Chengdu that the prices of Fritillaria sichuanensis and Gastrodia elata are very beautiful At first sight, we know that they have been fumigated by sulfur prices." "There are even many terms that deliberately mislead consumers," Zhou Kai of Inner Mongolia food and Drug Inspection Institute told the economic reference newspaper The vendor sells the price of Fritillaria, not "Sichuan Fritillaria price", but "Fritillaria price (Sichuan)" The price of Fritillaria sichuanensis can't be recognized by ordinary consumers at all " In Yulin, Guangxi, the investigation team also found that the price of Chinese herbal medicines fumigated with sulfur was 30% to 50% lower than that of those without sulfur Some vendors also sold black and moldy Chinese herbal medicines In the surrounding areas of the specialized market of traditional Chinese medicine, many small workshops without processing license store the traditional Chinese medicine in the open air, or even put it in the rain at will "It is very urgent to rectify the specialized market of traditional Chinese medicine Some problems may be common in all markets." Wu Zhen, deputy director of the State Food and drug administration, pointed out that the traditional Chinese medicine market is not only a market and trading market, but also a key link in the chain of traditional Chinese medicine industry Ma Ying, deputy director of the Department of policies, regulations and supervision of the State Administration of traditional Chinese medicine, pointed out that many Chinese medicine hospitals and research institutions purchase medicinal materials from the Chinese medicine market If the professional market can not guarantee the quality of traditional Chinese medicine, it will greatly affect the efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine, and then affect the survival of traditional Chinese medicine, traditional Chinese medicine medical institutions According to reports, in the 1990s, a large number of traditional Chinese medicine markets emerged in various regions, with uneven management level and the spread of counterfeits For this reason, the State Council has carried out the rectification work of the Chinese herbal medicine market, closed nearly 100 markets with substandard conditions, and so far only 17 specialized markets of Chinese herbal medicine have been reserved Shi Yuzu, deputy director of the food department of the State Administration for Industry and commerce, said: "what should be rectified should be rectified, and what should be shut down should be shut down, not soft handed." He believes that the industrial and commercial regulatory authorities should investigate and deal with the problems once they find out the qualification.