Guangzhou plans to renovate Qingping herbal medicine market

After being named and exposed by the State Food and drug administration, Guangzhou municipal government said that from now on, the municipal government will start to crack down on illegal drug production From now on to the end of this year, Guangzhou has carried out "severe crackdown on illegal drug production, severe crackdown on illegal drug trade, and strengthening the construction of standardized drug production and trade" in Qingping Chinese medicine market, according to the "opinions on Further Strengthening the rectification of Qingping Chinese medicine market" (hereinafter referred to as the "opinions") approved by the executive meeting of Guangzhou municipal government on Monday And strengthen the construction of drug regulatory mechanism This activity is especially aimed at the problems of traditional Chinese medicine dyeing and illegal processing of traditional Chinese medicine pieces In early July, the State Food and Drug Administration (hereinafter referred to as "CFDA") made a secret visit to five large Chinese herbal medicine markets in China, which showed that a considerable part of the herbal medicines sold in many Chinese herbal medicine markets in China were fake, adulterated, illegal business, illegal processing and other phenomena Qingping Chinese medicine market is one of them Subsequently, on July 30, the State Food and Drug Administration held an interview meeting on the market management of Chinese herbal medicine in Beijing The meeting reported the Bureau's investigation and secret visit to some professional markets of traditional Chinese medicine, among which the secret visit to Qingping professional market of traditional Chinese Medicine found that there were illegal and disorderly processing of Chinese herbal pieces, confusion and adulteration of traditional Chinese medicine, weight-added dyeing, abuse or excessive sulfur price fumigation, non-medical parts of medicine, and beyond the scope of business and other illegal behaviors A citizen in Guangzhou told the first financial daily that he found many bubbles and a strange sour taste in the water he had washed when he bought the traditional Chinese medicine from Qingping Chinese medicine market According to the report on the market investigation of Qingping Chinese herbal medicine, which was obtained by the working group of the State Food and drug administration, the prices of Poria cocos, Pingbei, yam, honeysuckle, rose and other herbal medicines sold in Qingping Chinese herbal medicine market were fumigated with sulfur and sulfur As the working group found during the secret visit, our reporter saw during the visit to Qingping Chinese herbal medicine market that there are many processing workshops in the alley around the herbal medicine trading hall, listing for external processing, including slicing, powdering and pill making The environment in the workshop is poor and the sanitary conditions are poor During a visit in the alley around the market, our reporter saw that a man was moving several sacks with drums and drums out of a dilapidated house, then pouring out a pile of things similar to hay, grasping them in his hands and shaking them on the ground constantly, and soon a group of dust rose on the ground According to the other side, these hay like things are "Snow Lotus" It is also a problem that needs to be rectified For example, the above-mentioned Qingping survey report said that the market also used tree tongues or other fungi to fake the price of Ganoderma lucidum A boss who sells both the price of Ganoderma lucidum and the price of Shuzhi in the market told our reporter that although she would not pretend the price of Ganoderma lucidum by herself, she dare not say that others would not "The average tongue is fifty yuan a catty." "The average price of ganoderma is 70 yuan a Jin," she said Yao Jianming, director of the Guangzhou food and drug administration, said that there are consulting offices in Qingping Chinese medicine market medicine center and Drug Inspection Branch of Liwan District food and drug administration If people find fake drugs or have questions there, they can consult the website and microblog of Guangzhou food and drug administration, he said Qingping professional market of traditional Chinese medicine is one of the main distribution centers of traditional Chinese medicine and one of the 17 professional markets of traditional Chinese medicine, with an annual turnover of more than 2 billion yuan Wu Zhen, deputy director of the State Food and drug administration, said at the meeting that China's traditional Chinese medicine market has a long history, with hundreds of years in the short term and thousands of years in the long term Since the 1990s, a large number of traditional Chinese medicine markets have sprung up all over the country In fact, China has carried out a lot of renovation on the market of traditional Chinese medicine 20 years ago From 1993 to 1995, the State Council rectified and closed more than 100 markets of traditional Chinese medicine, making great efforts Only 17 markets of traditional Chinese medicine have been kept In the past 20 years, there has been no new approval, and there will be no further approval "These traditional Chinese medicine markets are a legacy of history We should cherish, manage and standardize them." Wu Zhen said, "this is our responsibility."