The latest regulations on counterfeit and substandard medicines

(1) The definitions of counterfeit medicines are: 1. Medicines containing ingredients that do not correspond to those specified in the national standards for medicines. 2, to pass off a non-drug as a drug or to pass off another kind of drug as this kind of drug. Drugs with one of the following circumstances shall be dealt with as counterfeit drugs: (1) prohibited from use by the State Council's drug administration department (2) required to be approved in accordance with this law without approval of the production or import, or required to be inspected in accordance with this law without inspection and then sold. (3)Deteriorated (4)Contaminated (5)Produced by using raw materials that must be approved in accordance with this Law without obtaining the approval number without obtaining the approval document. (6)The indicated indications or functions are beyond the prescribed scope.

(2) on the definition of inferior drugs as: the content of pharmaceutical ingredients does not meet the national drug standards, as inferior drugs. One of the following circumstances of the drug, according to the inferior drugs: 1, not marked with the expiration date or change the expiration date; 2, do not indicate or change the production batch number; 3, more than the expiration date; 4, direct contact with the drug packaging materials and windows are not approved; 5, unauthorized addition of coloring agents, preservatives, spices, corrective agents and excipients; 6, and other non-compliance with the provisions of the drug standard.