Taiwan Black Heart Pepper Powder and Pharmaceuticals

Taiwan’s black-heart pepper turmoil has become even greater. According to a report from the Taiwan’s China Times Electronics News, Changhua County Health Bureau found out that Changsheng Chemical Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. and Kimura Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.’s manufacturing “Zhengchangshengjianweisan” and “Weisansan” used industrial magnesium carbonate on the 1st. As an excipient, the deadline for the market 14,000 cans of stomach scattered within 1 month after the shelf recovery; Taichung City Health Bureau found that the old famous drug company Zheng Xing Tai Wei Daye scattered, suspected of mixing industrial calcium carbonate, nearly ten thousand bottles Lingyuhua "Coughing" and "Zheng Xingtai stomach Dale scattered" fear has been eaten by the people!

"It is the stomach is not good, only to eat stomach scattered, well-known stomach scattered actually mixed with industrial raw materials, not to eat the more serious?" 2 Pharmaceutical use of magnesium carbonate made from industrial dissemination of the message spread, the network was a piece of cut down sound, and now even Zheng Taitai stomach up Le San may also be blended with calcium carbonate for industrial use, and it is also a black heart for the townspeople to suffer from the disease.

Taixing City Yixing trade only chemical raw materials line commercial registration, for the industrial use of magnesium carbonate sold to food factories, Yixing company does not admit it, in order to prove that raw materials are no problem, shake even out of the pharmaceutical manufacturers also purchase to produce stomach scattered, set off this Wave stomach scattered storm.

Magnesium carbonate of Yixing was also used in the “Weisansan” manufactured by Kimura Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. The company had ceased operations at the end of last year, and the health bureau checked again and confirmed the day before. The three batches of products manufactured in 2014 will be recycled according to law.

Zhang Huai, director of the Health Department of Changhua County, pointed out that magnesium carbonate is often used as a laxative in the use of medicines, or as a vehicle for the prevention of dampness in medicines. Long-term or excessive use and contact may affect the central nervous system and suffering from Depression and cardiac dysfunction.

In addition, the downstream of the Health Bureau Qingchai Yixing Co., Ltd. discovered that the "Life Pharmaceuticals" located in the industrial zone had once purchased calcium carbonate from Yixing, which was suspected to be non-food grade. The Health Bureau requested preventive related products. However, because the industry’s last purchase date was four years ago, the “Lingyuhuake” and “Zheng Xingtai Weidalasan” that were made into nearly ten thousand bottles may have been eaten by the public. .

Cai Shufeng, deputy director of the Taichung City Health Bureau, said that non-food-grade calcium carbonate is less pure and has a higher proportion of heavy metals than food grades, which may cause a heavy burden on the kidneys, liver, and stomach.