Three stages to improve the quality of traditional Chinese medicine in Taiwan

Due to the environmental pollution caused by the industrial development for a long time, coupled with the impact of human abuse of pesticides and other factors, Chinese herbal medicines derived from animals, plants, minerals and other natural substances are likely to be polluted Therefore, the traditional Chinese Medicine Committee of the Department of health actively promotes the quality improvement mechanism of traditional Chinese medicine, and strengthens the quality management measures of traditional Chinese medicine to ensure the drug safety of the public: the first stage: promoting the packaging and labeling of traditional Chinese medicine In order to solve the problem that people can't trace the responsibility of products if they buy bad Chinese herbal medicines, the Department of health has designated 324 kinds of imported and marketed Chinese herbal medicine pieces by means of announcement in batches since 1999, and their labels or packages should be marked with "product name, weight, manufacturing date, validity period, manufacturer's name and address" and other matters, so as to strengthen the responsibility of manufacturers for product control and make the public aware of the responsibility of their products The quality of the products and the responsibility of the manufacturers can be identified according to the packaging marks of the purchased Chinese herbal medicines In addition, the health bureaus of counties and cities also conduct irregular inspection on the packaging and labeling of Chinese herbal medicines to ensure that the Chinese herbal medicines purchased by the public meet the standards In 2012, 507 samples were randomly inspected, with a qualified rate of 99.8% The second stage: to establish the regulation of traditional Chinese medicine In order to strengthen the quality control standard of traditional Chinese medicine, the Department of health has set the limit standard of abnormal substances in traditional Chinese medicine since 2004 At present, there are 91 kinds of traditional Chinese medicine materials This item not only covers the commonly used traditional Chinese medicine material items, but also accounts for more than half of the total weight of all Chinese herbal medicines in terms of the use amount of traditional Chinese medicine In 2012, 337 items of abnormal substances of Chinese herbal medicines were sampled and inspected, with a qualified rate of 97.9% The third stage: border management mechanism of traditional Chinese medicine Since Chinese herbal medicines in Taiwan are mainly imported from abroad, the establishment of border management mechanism of Chinese herbal medicines can ensure the quality of Chinese herbal medicines sold in the market Therefore, since August 1, 2012, Taiwan began to implement the border management system for Chinese herbal medicines, listing 10 imported Chinese herbal medicines with large volume as the import inspection items of commodity inspection law, including the price of jujube, astragalus, angelica, liquorice, rehmannia, Sichuan dome, tuckahoe, peony, Atractylodes macrocephala and eucommia The control measures include when the import is required It is required to attach the certificate of qualified inspection, that is, before the Chinese herbal medicines are imported into Taiwan, they shall be inspected in accordance with the inspection standards of Taiwan After the Chinese herbal medicines are imported to Taiwan Customs, they shall be sampled and inspected at the border to block the unqualified Chinese herbal medicines from overseas From August 1, 2012 to May 31, 2013, 1952 batches of Chinese herbal medicines were accepted for inspection, with a total of 10224 tons A total of 44 batches of samples were selected for inspection Only 2 batches of Astragalus mongholicus imported from the mainland were judged as unqualified due to the excessive heavy metal content, and were returned with a unqualified rate of 4.5% Driven by the above control measures, it will be more able to ensure that the Chinese herbal medicines on the market meet Taiwan's standards.