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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.

A

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

A

"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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