Minister of Health responds to capsule chromium exceeds standard: heavy metal limit has long been standard

The Minister of the Ministry of Health responded to the capsule chrome report (Reporter Fan Hongwei) for the recent society’s widespread concern about “excessive chromium content in capsules”. Minister of Health Chen Hao responded to a reporter’s question in Beijing yesterday afternoon and stated that the capsule’s excessive heavy metals should be managed according to law. Responsible entrepreneurs should assume social responsibility.

"The drug capsules have heavy metal limits for a long time," Chen said when answering a reporter's question. The Pharmacopoeia of 2010 has stipulated that the Pharmacopoeia is both a standard and a law, so it is now strictly regulated by law.

"But from a health point of view, we have to listen to experts' interpretation. Capsules should never be taken in accordance with your doctor's orders. Taking a capsule from a capsule can't help you."

“The government must strengthen the supervision, but a good medicine not only depends on supervision, but more importantly, moral entrepreneurs must produce it.” Chen Xi also pointed out that entrepreneurs and scientists should take up their social responsibilities. “To us The country's medicines, the integrity of entrepreneurs, and the medical and health undertakings must have confidence."

Progress Zhejiang Xinchang detected 33 batches of capsules Samples of chromium exceeded China National Food and Drug Administration Inspection Team arrived at Xinchang Xinhua News Agency (Reporter Shang Yiying Hu Zuohua) Zhejiang Xinchang County About capsule raw materials and semi-finished products sampling results announced on the 18th, the results show that 96 batches 33 batches of heavy metal chromium exceeded the standard.

According to reports, the inspection collected 61 samples from four companies that seized pharmaceutical capsules made from industrial gelatin, including raw materials, semi-finished capsules, and finished capsules. Yesterday, 29 batches of chromium were detected in excess; The other 14 companies took 39 samples. At present, 35 samples have been tested, of which 4 batches have failed.

As of press time, a total of 96 batches of samples have been tested and 33 samples have been detected with excessive chromium content.

At present, the inspection team of the State Food and Drug Quality Supervision Bureau has arrived in Xinchang, saying that the monitoring will be announced in a timely manner.

When investigating the capsule manufacturer's blended gelatin evading country labelers' further investigations, it was found that in order to reduce costs and circumvent national standards for limiting the chromium content of heavy metals, capsule manufacturers will blend industrial gelatin and qualified edible gelatin, and such blending is basically In accordance with customer requirements.

- Raw materials warehouse Stores regular gelatin as a wolfberry In the town of Dufu, Xinchang County, Zhejiang Province, which is known as the “Hometown of Chinese Capsules”, a large amount of industrial gelatin is covered by white bags and secretly flowed into some capsule factories. A production person in charge of Zhuokang Capsule Co., Ltd. in Xinchang County, Zhejiang Province, told reporters that the white bag industrial gelatin used in their factories for one month had “dozens of tons”. It is understood that one kilogram of gelatin can process approximately 10,000 standard-sized capsules.

It is understood that the reason why this excessive chromium industrial gelatin has been popular under the watchful eye of the local regulatory authorities has been to the present, an important reason is because there is a unique "secret" to evade inspections.

The reporter found that most of the white bag industrial gelatin is not stored in the capsule factory, but how much the production of the same day will be pulled. Some capsule factories also store some of the formal packaging of gelatin in a raw material warehouse. Wang Haoming, sales manager of Zhuo Kang Capsule Co., Ltd., explained that "When sampling, the Food and Drug Administration will have to look at you for this genuine plastic. After reading it, it will be OK."

-Industrial glue blending with edible gum to control chromium content In addition to dealing with inspections by the drug regulatory department, this white bag industrial gelatin is used in different proportions of qualified edible gelatin.

The reporter found that some local capsule factories in order to circumvent the 2010 national standard limit the chromium content of heavy metals, will also use industrial gelatin and qualified edible gelatin blending according to customer requirements, the chromium content is controlled within the national standard.

- In fact, in the capsule factory of Dufu Township, Xinchang County, the blended capsules are divided into two categories for sale. One is chromium exceeding the standard, and the other is chromium. Excessive.

The person in charge of the production line of Xinchang County Huaxing Pellet Factory told the reporter that the price of 10,000 capsules per 10,000 capsules of chromium compliant pharmaceuticals is more than 60 yuan. If chrome is not up to standard, the price will be cheaper, about 40 to 50 yuan. Multi-currency, equivalent to a capsule is about one cent.

A person in charge of Xinchang Ruixiang Pellet Co., Ltd. told reporters that most of them produce "medical capsules" based on the needs of pharmaceutical companies. According to reports, in addition to selling drug factories, this kind of chromium-exceeded medicinal capsules also supplied users such as small hospitals and small health products plants.

Cheng Zhaoping, director of Jilin Changchun Overseas Pharmaceutical Group Co., Ltd., admitted that his factory generally purchases capsules of different grades according to the price of medicines. “It is a good capsule for medicinal use of ibuprofen, and none of them are other. These are basically no-name brands. (Drug), the price of the capsule for the application is lower."

- According to CCTV News 30 minutes

Responsible for Guifeng Gelatin, chairman of the Board of Directors of the Bureau of Quality Supervision, Supervision, and Subbureau Administration of the Xinhua News Agency (Reporter Li Meijuan and Guo Qiang) The reporter learned from the Propaganda Department of the Liyang County Party Committee in Jiangxi Province that the Jingyang County Jingfeng Gelatin Co., Ltd. was suspected of “taking industrial gelatin. When the gelatine was sold, the related departments of Suiyang County had intensified the investigation and disposal and made significant progress. At present, Li Mingyuan, the chairman of Guifeng Gelatin Co., Ltd., has been detained and the person in charge of production is released on bail. There are also five related personnel who are closely controlled by the public security agency.

The Department of Propaganda of Puyang County introduced that, at present, the relevant departments have sealed the raw materials and products of the suspected enterprises according to law. The quality supervision and public security departments of Xiangyang County are also conducting detailed investigation and verification of the amount of industrial gelatin produced by the company and the sales situation, verifying the results. The first time will be announced to the outside world.

At the same time, for the long-term sales of industrial gelatin in the process of quality supervision department there is a problem of poor supervision, Shangrao City Bureau of Quality Supervision Investigation Division has launched an investigation on the 17th, initially identified Suiyang County Bureau of Quality Supervision Bureau sub-branch branch Some problems exist such as poor supervision. At present, Hu Mou has been suspended for investigation.

Eight suspects from the Hebei Fire Gelatin Protein Plant have been arrested by Xinhua News Agency (Reporter Wang Min Bai Lin). The reporter learned from the Food Safety Office of the Hebei Provincial Government on the 18th that as of the 17th, the Yucheng County public security authorities have arrested suspected production and sales of counterfeit products. The Yangming Gelatin Plant involved eight criminal suspects, including seven in criminal detention. One person was released on bail for breast-feeding. The public security and quality supervision departments seized up more than 200 tons of the company's products.

At present, it has been initially identified that Xueyang Gelatin Factory provides raw materials for enterprises that manufacture “problem capsules,” and Song Xunjie, the manager, has established crimes such as concealment of evidence of destruction and arson. The Yucheng County government is intensifying investigations, controlling personnel in accordance with the law, seizing equipment, locking in evidence, and conducting in-depth investigations and verifications of the case of Xueyang Gelatin.

The Tancheng County government and related departments have ordered all edible gelatin and industrial gelatin production enterprises and stalls to suspend business for rectification, and have conducted comprehensive investigation and treatment. For small workshops, booths, and illegal production and processing enterprises that have no licenses and no licenses, they shall always use power cuts, dismantle equipment, and revoke licenses, and resolutely ban them. All unqualified gelatin raw materials and products shall be sealed and spot-checked on the spot, and destroyed in due course. All persons suspected of committing illegal and criminal offences shall be dealt with in accordance with the law in a timely manner.