The Ministry of Commerce has proposed the establishment of a modern logistics system for Chinese herbal medicines to standardize the packaging of Chinese herbal medicines

, according to the official website of the Ministry of Commerce, the General Office of the Ministry of Commerce recently issued a Notice on The Guidance on Speeding Up the Construction of a Modern Logistics System for Traditional Chinese Medicines (hereinafter referred to as the Notice). "Notice" requires the local commercial authorities to promote the establishment of a modern logistics system of Chinese herbal medicine, put forward the construction of Chinese herbal medicine origin processing base, standard packaging of Chinese herbal medicine and other five tasks, hoping to promote the modernization of the circulation of Chinese herbal medicine, improve the quality and safety of Chinese herbal medicine capacity.It is learned that the "Notice" clearly by 2020 the initial formation of harvesting, processing, packaging, warehousing and transportation integration of modern logistics system of Chinese herbal medicines, and put forward six main tasks: 1, the construction of Chinese herbal medicine production and processing base. We will promote the intensive processing of Chinese herbal medicine varieties suitable for processing at the origin, and gradually change the method of processing of Chinese herbal medicines in a decentralized and extensive manner. To encourage qualified Chinese herbal medicine business enterprises, Chinese medicine tablets and pharmaceutical enterprises, third-party logistics enterprises and other market subjects, in accordance with the relevant national standards and characteristics of Chinese herbal medicine, the construction of intensive, large-scale origin processing base, improve the quality of Chinese medicine.2, standard Chinese herbal medicine packaging. The use of packaging materials, packaging methods and packaging labels in line with the relevant national standards, and effectively transform the situation of Chinese herbal medicines without packaging, indiscriminate packaging, no marking. The processing base of the origin of Chinese herbal medicines shall bear the responsibility for the packaging of Chinese herbal medicines, guide the pharmaceutical farmers and professional cooperatives of Chinese herbal medicines to implement unified standard packaging at the processing bases of chinese herbal medicines, adopt modern information technology means, record relevant information such as the cultivation of Chinese herbal medicines, the main body of transactions and the quality of Chinese herbal medicines in the packaging marking, and form the source of information for the traceability system of the circulation of Chinese herbal medicines.3, the construction of centralized storage and distribution network. According to the relevant national norms and standards, the construction of standardized, large-scale warehouse of Chinese herbal medicine, and gradually change the decentralized storage of Chinese herbal medicine, residential storage backward situation.4, promote the application of modern logistics management and technology. Promote the application of Chinese herbal medicine drying, packaging, handling, handling and other aspects of machinery and equipment in line with relevant national standards, change the current situation of Chinese herbal medicine people shoulder-to-shoulder, manual operation, improve the mechanization level of Chinese herbal medicine logistics; Frequency identification and other technologies, the implementation of electronic management of information in all links, the elimination of aluminum phosphate fumigation phenomenon, in accordance with the principles of safety, environmental protection and conservation, according to the characteristics of various types of Chinese herbal medicines, the application of gas maintenance, low-temperature maintenance and other advanced applicable storage and conservation techniques and methods to ensure the quality and safety of Chinese herbal medicines.5, improve the professional market of Chinese herbal medicine supporting logistics services. According to the overall requirements of the national Chinese herbal medicine storage and distribution system and professional transactions, e-commerce logistics needs, supporting the construction of large-scale warehouse facilities, improve logistics services functions, promote the solution of the chinese herbal medicine professional market supporting storage facilities lack and scattered backward problems.6, stronger and bigger Chinese medicine storage logistics enterprises. Encourage Chinese herbal medicine storage and logistics enterprises based on the logistics needs of Chinese herbal medicine, the construction of large-scale warehouses, to provide processing and packaging, quality testing, storage maintenance and transportation and distribution of integrated logistics services, and gradually change the extensive operation of a single rental warehouse. To play the role of market mechanism, to encourage the acquisition, merger, equity participation and other mergers and reorganizations, to achieve the cross-regional, large-scale, intensive management of Chinese herbal logistics.In addition, in order to achieve the above objectives and tasks, the Notice proposes four safeguards: First, to strengthen planning guidance and policy support, and strive to provide land, capital and financing support in the construction of intensive production bases and social storage bases for Chinese herbal medicines; Covering the whole process of Chinese herbal medicine logistics standard system, the third is to implement the quality certification system of Chinese herbal medicine storage, to ensure that enterprises engaged in public storage services of Chinese herbal medicine have the corresponding storage conditions, and the fourth is to give full play to the relevant trade associations in the development and implementation of Chinese herbal medicine standards, personnel training, professional advice and other aspects of the positive role. (China News Network)