A few days ago, eight departments jointly issued a notice to further strengthen the management of traditional Chinese medicine.

Beijing, October 17 (Reporter Shen Jingwen) according to the News and newspaper Abstracts of China Voice, eight departments, including the State Food and Drug Administration, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and the Ministry of Agriculture, jointly issued a notice a few days ago. will further strengthen the management of traditional Chinese medicine.

The Food and Drug Administration recently sampled 397 batches of Chinese herbal slices, confirming that 22 batches had dyeing problems. Some of the dyed traditional Chinese medicine went not only to pharmacies, but also to municipal medical institutions such as Dongguan Hospital of traditional Chinese Medicine and Shenzhen Hospital of traditional Chinese Medicine. Francis Chan, head of the Drug and Cosmetics Regulatory Department of the State Food and Drug Administration, said bluntly that the medical institutions identified were not only not victims, but at least accomplices of criminals.

Francis Chan: "it's obviously driven by interest." So the medical institutions that found me said I was the victim, and he sold it to me. I said don't complain, you are at least an accomplice to those who break the law. Of course, as far as the regulatory authorities are concerned, we will continue to step up supervision and inspection, including sampling inspection, and in line with the principle of finding and dealing with one batch after another, we will not give these criminals an opportunity. "

Francis Chan said that the eight departments will jointly strengthen the management of the cultivation and breeding of traditional Chinese medicine, the initial processing of producing areas, and the professional market. Except for the existing 17 professional markets of traditional Chinese medicine, no new professional market of traditional Chinese medicine will be allowed in all localities in the future.

Francis Chan: "We have insisted on not opening a new professional market for traditional Chinese medicine in recent years." Local governments must strengthen supervision over the quality of drugs, and those who operate and manage them should earnestly assume management responsibilities, such as gradually establishing an electronic traceability system for traditional Chinese medicine. "