High levels of chromium found in more capsules
By Xiao Li |
May 26, 2012, Saturday
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IN the latest round of medical capsule inspections, 204 batches made by 56 pharmaceutical enterprises across the nation were found to contain excessive chromium.
The involved companies were in Beijing and the provinces of Heilongjiang, Hebei, Liaoning, Hunan, Gansu, Zhejiang, Anhui and the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
Eighty-seven batches of toxic capsules were made by 15 factories in Liaoning and 60 batches were produced by seven plants in Heilongjiang, local food and drug authorities announced on their websites yesterday.
In east China, 11 factories in Anhui were found to manufacture 25 bad batches while Zhejiang, the main production area for capsules, saw nine tainted batches from six factories, authorities said.
Many of the toxic capsules were antibiotics, including Cefradine, Amoxicillin and Norfloxacin, online information showed.
The Hong Kong Department of Health said on Thursday that it would recall nearly 3,000 boxes of cold medicine capsules that were found to contain levels of chromium 16 times higher than allowed.
The Superior Gan Mao Qing Capsules were imported by a licensed proprietary Chinese medicines wholesaler, Kin Lik Trading Co Ltd. Another brand produced by Kin Lik, Quick Acting Gan Mao Qing Capsules, would also be recalled, the administration said on its official website.
In a national crackdown by the State Food and Drug Administration in April, 74 batches made by 15 companies had high levels of chromium. Officials said producers' licenses would be suspended.
The involved companies were in Beijing and the provinces of Heilongjiang, Hebei, Liaoning, Hunan, Gansu, Zhejiang, Anhui and the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
Eighty-seven batches of toxic capsules were made by 15 factories in Liaoning and 60 batches were produced by seven plants in Heilongjiang, local food and drug authorities announced on their websites yesterday.
In east China, 11 factories in Anhui were found to manufacture 25 bad batches while Zhejiang, the main production area for capsules, saw nine tainted batches from six factories, authorities said.
Many of the toxic capsules were antibiotics, including Cefradine, Amoxicillin and Norfloxacin, online information showed.
The Hong Kong Department of Health said on Thursday that it would recall nearly 3,000 boxes of cold medicine capsules that were found to contain levels of chromium 16 times higher than allowed.
The Superior Gan Mao Qing Capsules were imported by a licensed proprietary Chinese medicines wholesaler, Kin Lik Trading Co Ltd. Another brand produced by Kin Lik, Quick Acting Gan Mao Qing Capsules, would also be recalled, the administration said on its official website.
In a national crackdown by the State Food and Drug Administration in April, 74 batches made by 15 companies had high levels of chromium. Officials said producers' licenses would be suspended.
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