WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1989
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COMMONLY USED CHINESE PROPRIETARY MEDICINES TESTED
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THE MOST OF THE COMMONLY USED CHINESE PROPRIETARY MEDICINES IN
ROUTINE CHECKS AND MARKET HAD BEEN TESTED AND THE SAME PROCEDURE OF
THE QUALITY OF REGISTERED. WESTERN ANALYSIS WAS USED IN MONITORING MEDICINES, THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, THE HON NIGEL SHIPMAN, SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY)..
QUESTION
REPLYING TO A SHIPMAN SAID EXISTING MEASURES WERE
FROM DR THE
CHINESE OF
HON HENRIETTA CONSIDERED TO BE EFFECTIVE
PROPRIETARY MEDICINES WITH
IP,
MR
IN
DETERRING THE
ADULTERATION
WESTERN DRUGS.
HOWEVER, THE
SITUATION
WOULD BE MONITORED CLOSELY
BY THE
FORENSIC PHARMACY DIVISION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.
MEDICINE
MOREOVER, THE WIDER QUESTION OF CONTROLS OVER CHINESE WAS CURRENTLY BEING EXAMINED BY THE WORKING PARTY ON CHINESE MEDICINE.
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MR SHIPMAN SAID THAT FROM JANUARY 1985 TO OCTOBER THIS YEAR,
PRODUCTS OF CHINESE PROPRIETARY TOTAL OF 12 SAMPLES INVOLVING NINE MEDICINES WERE FOUND TO HAVE BEEN ADULTERATED WITH WESTERN DRUGS.
PURCHASED
THE 12 SAMPLES WERE DISCOVERED OUT OF A TOTAL OF 1,171
DIRECTLY FROM THE TAKEN FROM IMPORTERS OR ROUTINE BASIS DURING THE PERIOD.
SAMPLES
ON MARKET
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"OF THESE, EIGHT MANUFACTURED LOCALLY.
WERE
IMPORTED
PRODUCTS
AND
ONLY
ONE WAS
TRACES OF WESTERN "IN A FURTHER 54 SAMPLES THERE WERE MINUTE
HAVE
THESE NO THERAPEUTIC VALUE AT DRUGS, BUT AS THE DRUGS WOULD
THE RESULT OF CONTAMINATION RATHER LEVELS, IT IS CONSIDERED TO BE THAN OF DELIBERATE ADULTERATION," HE SAID.
HAVE WHEN IMPORTED CHINESE PROPRIETARY MEDICINES WERE FOUND TO
IMPORTERS WERE BEEN ADULTERATED OR CONTAMINATED, MR SHIPMAN SAID THE
AND TO HAVE INSTRUCTED TO RECALL ALL SUCH MEDICINES FROM THE MARKET
OR ΤΟ SURRENDER THEM FOR THEM RETURNED TO THEIR COUNTRY OF ORIGIN PROPER DISPOSAL.
OF WESTERN DRUGS WAS NOT HE SAID.
'IN ALL THESE CASES, THE PRESENCE CONSIDERED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO HEALTH,
A LOCALLY MANUFACTURED CHINESE IN THE CASE INVOLVING
ADULTERATED BY PROPRIETARY MEDICINE DISCOVERED RECENTLY TO HAVE BEEN
BE DISPENSED ON A DOCTOR'S CERTAIN WESTERN DRUGS WHICH MIGHT ONLY
WERE SEIZED AND LEGAL
THE AGAINST
RESPONSIBLE
PRESCRIPTION,
PROCEEDINGS
MANUFACTURER:
SUPPLIES OF THE PRODUCT
INSTITUTED BEING
WERE
"APPROPRIATE PUBLICITY WAS GIVEN TO THIS HAS BEEN DONE FOR SIMILAR INCIDENTS IN THE PAST, TO AWARE THAT THIS MEDICINE HAD BEEN ADULTERATED.
PARTICULAR
MAKE
CASE, AS THE PUBLIC
CASE,
"THE CONSUMER COUNCIL HAS ALSO BEEN HE ADDED.
GIVEN DETAILS ABOUT THE
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