Nearly one hundred batches of Chinese herbal medicines assault spot inspection

Benefited from the continuous advancement of medical reform and the concept of “prevention of treatment”, the traditional Chinese medicine that has long been in competition with chemical drugs has ushered in an accelerated period of development. However, it is precisely because of waiting for many years of opportunities before the eyes of the Chinese medicine industry. Being exposed to quality problems is more anxious and cranky. Yesterday, the State Food and Drug Administration (hereinafter referred to as the “Food and Drug Administration”) disclosed that in the recent sampling of Chinese herbal medicines and decoction pieces, nearly 100 batches of samples failed to refract the quality of Chinese herbal medicines and decoction pieces. And when does this kind of suicide-type development in the Chinese medicine industry break?

Assault

Recently, a random sampling operation for Chinese herbal medicines and decoction pieces began rapidly. The General Administration of Food and Drug Administration has drawn Puhuang and Bupleurum from the production, operation, and use of Chinese herbal medicines and decoction pieces from 31 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) across the country. 10 A total of 772 batches of samples were tested and found that 93 batches did not meet the standards.

“Overall, the quality of sampled Chinese herbal medicines and decoction pieces is not optimistic, and problems such as dyeing, weight gain, adulteration, and adulteration are still outstanding,” said the relevant person in charge of the Food and Drug Administration. “In addition to mint, wood and The production of the other 7 Chinese herbal medicines and decoction pieces was found to be inconsistent with the standard products, among which, Puhuang had the highest failure rate and found problems such as staining, weight gain, and adulteration; The problem; dragon's blood has found a problem with doping."

It is well-known that illegal practices such as dyeing and adulteration of Chinese herbal medicines and decoction pieces will seriously endanger the safety of public drug use and deceive consumers, and must be severely cracked down. To this end, the Food and Drug Administration said that it has organized the relevant provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) Food and Drug Administration to take corresponding control measures for Chinese herbal medicines and decoction pieces that do not meet the standards, and to investigate and punish relevant units according to law.

Caused by multiple factors

Prior to this, the issue of quality and safety of Chinese herbal medicines has attracted attention from all parties. CCTV has exposed exposures to maintain a beautiful appearance and a long shelf life. Drug farmers or distributors have used sulphur to fumigate Chinese herbal medicines.

In Qianxi County, Gansu Province, the main origin of Chinese herbal medicines, many Chinese herbal medicines were found to have been smoked by sulfur. "Smoked Chinese herbal medicines, insects will not go in, and really go in smoked dead." A herbal dealer said. Not only that, many domestic pharmaceutical companies have also caused a sensation because of the news that the use of chemical pigments to dye traditional Chinese medicines and adulteration was ordered to suspend production.

Wang Zhiju, chairman of the Professional Committee of the Chinese Herbal Medicine Association's decoction piece, told Beijing Business Daily that he had been dealing with Chinese herbal medicine for several decades. The overall feeling is that the reasons for the frequent occurrence of quality problems in traditional Chinese medicine are many. There are certain regulatory gaps in the use of Chinese herbal medicines from the fields to the pharmacies or drug companies. At this stage, medicinal herbs can only count as crops and are not subject to GMP quality management regulations. Therefore, it is very easy for farmers or acquirers to use extraordinary means to obtain higher profits, such as sulphur fumigation or dyeing.

“Now, nearly 90% of individual TCM varieties sold on the market have become unqualified products. This situation is very worrying. Apart from human-related illegal activities, the current problems of soil, water quality, and seed degradation are all affecting the quality of TCM materials.” An industry insider who declined to be named stated frankly, “In addition, the industry’s transitional competition is also more serious. For instance, the most expensive time for Codonopsis ginseng may reach several hundred yuan per kilogram, and many farmers see that their profits have cropped up in large areas. Then the price dropped back to around tens of yuan per kilogram, and the price of the roller coaster fell, so that the emergence of adulteration and weight gain was not surprising.”

Dysentery is hard to break

It is worth noting that since the beginning of this year, Chinese medicine has improved into the “deep water area”, in which traditional Chinese medicine is considered to play an important role in solving problems such as the difficulty in seeing a doctor, expensive medical treatment, and “prevention of illness”, so it will provide major opportunities for development. According to data from the National Health and Family Planning Commission, the number of health management of Chinese medicine in 2013 was 51.376 million, and the target population coverage rate was 29.4%, and the role of Chinese medicine in the national essential medicine system was also fully realized. Even when Premier Li Keqiang talked about medical reform, he said that "using Chinese-style solutions to solve this world-wide problem" was also interpreted as a golden age for Chinese medicine. However, looking at the opportunities, the quality problems caused by repeated attacks on Chinese medicines have become a major drag.

Yu Mingde, president of the China Pharmaceutical Enterprise Management Association, publicly stated that violations in the field of Chinese herbal medicines would undermine market confidence and be detrimental to the development of the industry. They must be rectified. As for how to break diarrhea, senior medical expert Ren Dequan believes that the way out is to promote GAP (quality management standards for Chinese herbal medicines production), and the quality of finished medicine depends on the concept of GMP. In the final analysis, good Chinese herbal medicines rely on the specification of the whole process of planting. Which kind, what kind, how to plant, how to collect, and set up operation records, thus ensuring the quality of medicinal materials. "Not only that, but also the various departments to strengthen supervision and control of the entire process of Chinese herbal medicines from the field to enter the enterprise, blocking the occurrence of illegal activities."

However, the person in charge of a large pharmaceutical company in the capital also questioned the interview with the Beijing Commercial Daily reporter. GAP will bring a high cost burden to the company, and a large number of small and medium-sized farmers do not implement this standard. “If pests and diseases are encountered, Others use toxic pesticides, which may cost 5 yuan to destroy the pests, but the use of low-residue pesticides may cost 200 yuan." This is only a minor problem encountered in the specification of Chinese herbal medicines.