CFDA interview with local officials of Chinese herbal medicine market

Source: Beijing Times on July 31, 2013, Wu Zhen, deputy director of the State Food and drug administration, presided over an interview meeting on the regulation of the professional market of traditional Chinese medicine, attended by the heads of the government of Bozhou, Anguo and other 17 centralized professional markets of traditional Chinese medicine Recently, the State Administration of traditional Chinese medicine has conducted an in-depth investigation on some specialized markets of traditional Chinese medicine, and found that there are some phenomena in and around the specialized markets of traditional Chinese medicine, such as counterfeiting, adulteration, illegal operation, illegal processing, etc The purpose of this meeting is to set out problems and make up our mind to resolutely rectify the market of Chinese herbal medicines to produce and sell fake medicines At the meeting, it was requested to resolutely crack down on various illegal activities such as dyeing and weight-added, adulteration, making and selling fake Chinese herbal medicines in and around the market, and purify the surrounding environment of the market We will resolutely ban the activities of illegally cutting, illegally processing and producing Chinese Herbal Pieces in disguised form around the market, severely crack down on the collusion between enterprises and illegal traders, lease and lend qualification bills for production and operation of Chinese herbal pieces, and effectively strengthen management Special agencies and personnel shall be allocated to take charge of the market management of Chinese herbal medicine, guarantee the necessary funds and inspection and testing equipment, improve the rules and regulations such as market transactions and quality management specifications, and establish a long-term mechanism At the meeting, the heads of the government of 17 places where the professional market of traditional Chinese medicine is located signed the letter of responsibility for the management of the professional market of traditional Chinese medicine.