Strengthening food and drug supervision during flood fighting and disaster relief in Sichuan

On July 12, the food and Drug Administration of Sichuan Province issued an emergency notice, requiring the food and drug administration at all levels of the province to take effective measures to strengthen the supervision of food and drug safety during the summer flood relief, and to assist the relevant departments to ensure the supply of urgently needed medical equipment Since the first ten days of July this year, there has been a continuous heavy rainfall process in Sichuan Province, and the relevant departments have launched the secondary emergency response to natural disasters in time As of July 11, the rainstorm and flood disaster has affected 2.094 million people in 75 counties (districts and cities) of 15 cities and prefectures, including Chengdu, Mianyang and ABA, with 31 dead and 166 missing According to the forecast of the meteorological department, Sichuan Province will also suffer a new round of heavy rainfall test from July 15 In order to ensure the food and drug safety of the people, Sichuan Provincial Bureau requires the food and drug regulatory authorities at all levels of the province to strengthen the organization and leadership, and do a good job in food and drug supervision in view of the severe situation such as hot and humid summer weather, frequent rainstorms and floods Sichuan Provincial Bureau requires that the supervision of key units, key varieties and key links should be strengthened in food safety, especially the supervision and inspection of canteens and disaster relief food in the mass resettlement sites in the disaster areas, so as to discover unsafe factors in time, eliminate potential accidents and effectively prevent the occurrence of food poisoning In view of the fact that some pharmaceutical production enterprises in the disaster area suffer from flood and waterlogging, Sichuan Provincial Bureau requires food and drug regulatory authorities at all levels to carry out targeted supervision and inspection of pharmaceutical production enterprises in the disaster area, forbidding the use of raw materials and auxiliary materials soaked, polluted and deteriorated by the flood; forbidding the internal quality damage, unclear packaging and identification caused by the flood that cannot be used normally We will promptly supervise the centralized destruction of our products We should focus on strengthening the supervision and inspection of the pharmaceutical production enterprises in the areas of fever, prevention and control of skin diseases, intestinal infectious diseases, antibiotics, injections and disinfection, so as to ensure the quality, safety and timely supply of the above-mentioned drugs in the disaster areas Sichuan Provincial Bureau requires that in the process of drug circulation and use, the food and drug regulatory authorities at all levels should focus on the inspection of the storage and transportation conditions of the wholesale enterprises and the business conditions of the retail enterprises located in the flood stricken areas If the drug warehouses and retail pharmacies are flooded or soaked in rainwater and affect the quality of the drugs, they should not wholesale or retail, but should supervise the destruction of the enterprises We should strengthen the inspection of relief medicine and equipment, focus on the inspection and sampling of anti bacteria drugs, first-aid drugs and killing drugs, and resolutely strictly, seriously and promptly investigate and deal with those who take advantage of the disaster to manufacture and sell fake and shoddy drugs and engage in illegal business activities All the medical equipment donated to the disaster area must be qualified products that meet the quality standards The validity period must be more than 6 months from the expiration date The product list and inspection report must be provided to prevent unqualified drugs from flowing into the disaster area The regulatory authorities at all levels should concentrate their efforts to carry out on-site inspection and guidance services in the disaster stricken areas and enterprises in the first time, especially to check and sample the basic drugs used by the basic drug distribution enterprises and pilot medical units, so as to eliminate potential safety hazards in time Sichuan Provincial Bureau requires that the flood relief work be combined with the ongoing mass line education and practice activities of the party, attach great importance to the prevention and monitoring of food and drug safety, so as to make the tasks clear and measures in place Sichuan Provincial Bureau will organize the supervision team to conduct spot check and unannounced visits at the grass-roots level to supervise and guide the food and drug supervision during flood fighting and disaster relief.