Chinese health authorities said on Saturday that they had found no cancer-causing chemicals in products made by US company Johnson & Johnson. The State Food and Drug Administration has investigated 33 Johnson & Johnson baby products, including baby shampoo, after a U.S. consumer group charged that they contained carcinogens. A Shanghai-based regional supermarket chain, Nong [...]
Shao Mingli, commissioner of the State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA), said more food and drug scares may appear in the future as suppliers try to cut costs in a failing economy. The warning comes during an investigation into tainted dog food that has reportedly caused the death of 30 dogs from liver complications. The [...]
The State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) said it stopped production of an herbal injection that is suspected in the deaths of three people. The company, Heilongjiang-based Wandashan Pharmaceutical Co, voluntarily recalled all of its injectable products, including ciwujia, which the SFDA said had been soaked by rain and contaminated by bacteria. The action comes [...]
China has suspended the sale and use of an injectable herbal remedy after three people died and three others suffered adverse reactions. The State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) said the six people suffered “serious ill effects” after being injected at a Yunnan hospital with an extract from an herb called Ciwujia made by Wandashan [...]
