[Photo/VCG] China will improve its long-term regulatory mechanism for vaccines and implement the toughest possible oversight on related products, Jiao Hong, head of the National Medical Products Administration, said on Monday. She said domestically made vaccines were safe overall, affirming comments made by the head of China's Center for Disease Control and Prevention on March 4, who urged the public not to lose trust in the country's vaccine sector. Recent vaccine failures, including the faulty rabies vaccines made by Changchun Changsheng Bio Tech Co in Jilin province, and expired anti-polio doses distributed in Jiangsu province, had exposed irregularities within the sector and prompted stronger supervision, Jiao said a new draft law on vaccine management, to tighten the supervision and management of production, research, and distribution of these products, had been reviewed by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, and released to solicit public opinion. The draft law proposes severe punishment for those who participated in illegal practices and investigations into inspectors who fail their responsibilities. Authorities are also mulling changes to be made to the country's Pharmaceutical Administration Law and discussing supporting measures, in an effort to facilitate law enforcement in the future, Jiao told reporters during a news conference on the sidelines of the ongoing two sessions. Jiao added that vaccine manufactures should establish a complete product management and tracing system, and report safety issues to authorities. Central and local inspectors will step up both spot checks and routine on-site inspections, as part of measures to toughen oversight over vaccine makers. Better training will be provided to inspectors to enhance their ability to identify issues. The ultimate goal is to ensure the safety of vaccines and safeguard public health, she said. silicone wristbands no minimumcool things to do with rubber braceletscustom silicone medical alert braceletsmontre homme bracelet siliconewarfarin silicone bracelet
In this image, the blue/purple areas show low ozone, while the red areas indicate higher ozone levels. [Photo/VCG] China has discovered almost 30 metric tons of CFC-11, a banned ozone-depleting substance, at two illegal factories in two provinces, a senior environmental official said on Wednesday. About 178 tons of raw materials used to make CFC-11 were also confiscated, Liu Youbing, a spokesman for the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, told a news conference in Beijing. People involved in the illegal production at the two factories, in the provinces of Liaoning and Henan, have been transferred to the judicial authorities for prosecution, he said, and the confiscated materials, which have been sealed up for safekeeping, will be disposed of by qualified companies. He said the ministry has scrutinized 1,172 companies in a special campaign targeting ozone-depleting substances launched in early August, and found CFC-11 in some batches of raw materials at 10 enterprises. They will subject to investigation and punishment by local environmental authorities, Liu said. CFC-11 has been banned in China since 2010. Liu reiterated the country's zero tolerance policy to the illegal use and production of ozone-depleting substances and vowed to enhance monitoring and supervision. In the past nine years, 73 cases involving the illegal use, production and sale of ozone-depleting substances have been uncovered. Fourteen of the cases were related to illegal production of CFC-11 and 84 tons of the substance have been seized and disposed of, according to the ministry. Since China joined the Montreal protocol in 1991, the country's reduction of ozone-depleting substances has accounted for about half the total reduction by developing countries, Liu told an earlier news conference.
