The market of medicinal materials in Mizhou City, Anhui Province: the implementation of the national standard of "sulfur" quantity of Chinese medicinal materials

The second supplement of Pharmacopoeia of the people's Republic of China (2010 Edition) issued by the State Food and drug administration shall be implemented as of December 1 The supplement adds the limit requirements of heavy metals and harmful substances in traditional Chinese medicine injection, and stipulates the limit standards of sulfur dioxide residues in traditional Chinese medicine and decoction pieces for the first time In addition to the Chinese herbal medicines from mineral sources, the residues of sulfites in Chinese herbal medicines and decoction pieces (calculated by sulfur dioxide) shall not exceed 150mg / kg, and the residues of sulfites (calculated by sulfur dioxide) in 10 traditional Chinese herbal medicines and decoction pieces (calculated by sulfur dioxide) such as yam, Achyranthes bidentata, Pueraria, Gastrodia elata, smallpox, Baihe, paeony, Atractylodes macrocephala, dangshen, etc shall not exceed 400mg / kg According to the relevant person in charge of the Municipal Food and drug administration, the limited quantity standard will be the legal basis for the production, inspection and supervision of traditional Chinese medicine in our city, and the Municipal Drug regulatory department will intensify the supervision and sampling inspection If it is found that the standard is exceeded, it will be punished as inferior medicine Fumigating and steaming with sulfur yellow is a common method in the primary processing of some traditional Chinese medicine in the producing area, which aims at mildew prevention, antisepsis and drying Sulfur dioxide and other substances will remain in the medicinal materials after sulfur fumigation, and a small amount of sulfur dioxide will not cause health hazards when entering the body But in practical use, there is sulfur yellow fumigation for the purpose of appearance bleaching This kind of purpose causes sulfur yellow fumigation to be abused or overused, which will have an impact on the quality of Chinese medicinal materials and pieces of decoction At present, it is forbidden by the state According to the relevant person in charge of the Municipal Food and drug administration, there is no simple and effective alternative method for fumigating and steaming Chinese herbal medicines with sulfur yellow Therefore, at this stage, the control of sulfur dioxide residues in Chinese herbal medicines and their decoction pieces should be limited by classification Considering the particularity of 10 kinds of fresh medicinal materials, such as white peony, which are very difficult to dry in the process of producing place processing, perishable and insecticidal, referring to the provisions of "general standard for food additives" on sulfite in dried vegetables such as seaweed and seed products "no more than 500mg / kg in terms of sulfur dioxide", combined with relevant domestic research data, the national pharmacopoeia committee has formulated these 10 kinds of Chinese medicinal materials and their The amount of sulfite residue (calculated by sulfur dioxide) in decoction pieces shall not exceed the limit of 400mg / kg.