Eight ministries and commissions: forbidding the opening of new TCM Market

In order to control the phenomenon of adulteration of traditional Chinese medicine, such as false, dyeing and weight gain, and illegal extraction, the State prohibits all regions from opening new specialized markets of traditional Chinese medicine The notice on Further Strengthening the management of traditional Chinese medicine, jointly formulated by the food and drug administration, the Ministry of agriculture, the Ministry of industry and information technology and other eight departments, was released yesterday According to the notice, except for the existing 17 specialized markets of traditional Chinese medicine, no new specialized market of traditional Chinese medicine shall be opened in any place At present, the circulation of traditional Chinese medicine in China is still a backward traditional agricultural market, and about 70% of Chinese medicine is circulated through 17 specialized markets of traditional Chinese medicine Li Guoqing, director of the drug and cosmetics Supervision Department of the State Food and drug administration, introduced that due to various factors such as long industrial chain and many production and processing links, there are many problems in the field of Chinese herbal medicine management, such as unscientific use of pesticide and fertilizer in the cultivation and breeding links, increase of color and weight in the initial processing links, adulteration and false phenomenon, defective professional market, fake production and sale It seriously affects the quality and safety of traditional Chinese medicine and endangers public health Recently, the State Food and drug administration has sampled the traditional Chinese medicine drinks produced, operated or used by relevant units in Anhui, Gansu, Guangdong and Sichuan provinces There are 22 batches of 397 batches with dyeing problems, involving three varieties of safflower, yanhusuo and xihonghua In response to the above problems, the circular stressed that it is forbidden to plant and breed Chinese medicinal materials in unsuitable areas, to use highly toxic and highly toxic pesticides, to abuse pesticides, antibiotics and fertilizers, especially animal hormones, plant growth regulators and herbicides It is strictly prohibited to abuse sulfur fumigation and other methods, and the residues of sulfur dioxide and other substances must comply with national regulations The State Food and drug administration has monitored and investigated more than 2000 websites suspected of illegal drug sales since July this year, when the relevant State Food and drug administration is drafting the measures for the administration of Internet drug transactions to ban the online sale of ephedrine drugs At present, the State Food and drug administration is drafting the measures for the administration of Internet drug transactions, which will prohibit the sale of prescription drugs in disguised form on the Internet Yesterday, Li Guoqing, director of the drug and cosmetics Supervision Department of the State Food and drug administration, said that more than 2000 websites had been found to sell drugs illegally and illegally through monitoring At present, 194 unregistered illegal websites in China have been transferred to the Ministry of industry and information technology and closed down; 609 servers' illegal drug sale websites abroad have been blocked; 1391 comprehensive websites have been transferred to relevant local departments for investigation and punishment and ordered to rectify within a time limit In view of the current disorder of Internet drug sales, the State Food and drug administration is drafting the measures for the administration of Internet drug transactions to strictly examine and approve drug sales websites; it is clear that only over-the-counter drugs can be sold online, and the websites are prohibited to sell prescription drugs in disguised form; ephedrine drugs are prohibited to be sold online Li Guoqing also said that according to the monitoring results of drug abuse in China in 2012, the proportion of methamphetamine abusers has increased significantly At the same time, teenagers under the age of 25 have become the key population of drug abuse.