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Notice on Cracking Down on Illegal Production, Operations, and Use of Drugs such as Clenbuterol

Since April 2000, the Ministry of Agriculture and the State Drug Administration jointly issued the “Emergency Notice on Investigation, Treatment, and Use of Drugs such as Clenbuterol” (Agriculture and Animal Husbandry [2000] No. 4). The animal husbandry, veterinary medicine, feed and drug supervision and management departments actively acted to crack down on the illegal production, operation and use of Clenbuterol's actions, investigated and punished a group of violating enterprises and farmers, and punished a group of lawless elements in feed. The detection rate of illicit drugs has dropped significantly. However, the illegal production, operation and use of clenbuterol drugs in individual areas still exists, and even very serious. Some companies and feedlots have adopted more secluded means to establish underground networks and illegally produce, sell, and use drugs such as Clenbuterol to generate huge profits. This situation directly affects the safety of feed and people's health. In order to thoroughly implement the "Decision of the State Council on Rectifying and Regulating the Market Economic Order" (Gongfa [2001] No. 11, hereinafter referred to as the "Decision"), and the General Office of the State Council on Continuing to Carry Out Severe Combating Crackdowns on Combating Counterfeit and Infringing Commodities Producing Crimes "Notice of Action" (Guobanfa (2001) No. 32, hereinafter referred to as "Notice"), and the instructions of the leading comrades of the State Council, earnestly strengthened the management of the production and circulation of pharmaceuticals, and eliminated the illegal use of feedstuffs, feed additives, and feeding. Use medicines such as Clenbuterol (including hormones, sedatives and other various illicit drugs, the same below), Ministry of Agriculture, State Economic and Trade Commission, State Administration for Industry and Commerce, General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, National Drugs The supervision authority decided to severely investigate and punish the illegal production, sale, and use of drugs such as clenbuterol across the country. The relevant matters are hereby notified as follows:

First, raise awareness and enhance responsibility

**Clenbuterol (commonly referred to as "Clenbuterol") is neither a veterinary drug nor a feed additive. It is a type of neurocrine and is a beta-steroid hormone. Some international athletes have illegally used the drug early to improve muscle strength and athletic performance. The drug is actually a serious threat to the healthy development of animal husbandry and the safety of livestock products. It has long been banned for use in feed and animal husbandry production. Since 1997, there have been several food safety incidents caused by the drug in China, and the impact has been extremely bad. Leading comrades of the State Council have repeatedly stated that it is necessary to increase feed monitoring efforts to ensure feed safety. In this regard, the provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government (Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Animal Husbandry) Office (Bureau), Feed Work (Industry) Office, Economic and Trade Commission, Administration for Industry and Commerce, Quality and Technical Supervision Bureau, Drug Administration, Entry and Exit The Inspection and Quarantine Bureau and the Animal Husbandry Bureau of the Xinjiang Construction Corps must attach great importance to it, and must profoundly comprehend the spirit of the "Decision," "Notice" and the directives of the leading comrades of the State Council, and further improve the investigation and handling of illegal production, operation and use of Clenbuterol. Recognize the importance and urgency of drugs, and take a highly responsible attitude toward the party and the people, carry forward the spirit of continuous combat and close cooperation, fully mobilize, carefully deploy, and act swiftly to resolutely eradicate the illicit manufacture and sale of Clenbuterol. Nests will stop the illegal use of Clenbuterol's actions, ensure the safe production of feed and animal husbandry, and ensure the health of the people.

Second, highlight the focus, joint action

(1) Agriculture (animal husbandry and animal husbandry) departments (bureaus), feeds (industry) offices, economic and trade committees, industry and commerce administrative bureaus, quality and technical supervision bureaus, drug administrations, and direct entry and exit of provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government The inspection and quarantine bureau must promptly establish and investigate illegal production, sales, and use of the joint action team of Clenbuterol and other drugs, and organize a special campaign to investigate and punish illegal production, sale, and use of illicit drugs in its administrative jurisdiction. All relevant functional departments must perform their duties, divide labor and cooperation, strengthen communication, cooperate closely, and block the source, and strictly monitor the sales channels of such drugs. We must focus on the safety management of “vegetable baskets” products, conduct inspections in the agricultural and sideline products wholesale markets, food retail supermarkets, and livestock product supply bases in large and medium-sized cities, and increase the number of inspections in regions where there are strong public opinions and where there are frequent accidents involving feed safety accidents. Frequency and range.

(2) The feed administrative departments at all levels shall strictly monitor the use of drugs by feed and feed additive manufacturers and operators. The feed and feed additive enterprises that contain banned drugs shall be punished according to law, and their production licenses and product approval documents must be revoked. No., and be notified. According to the Interpretation of the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate on the application of legal issues in the handling of criminal cases of production and sales of counterfeit and inferior commodities, it is necessary to promptly hand over to the public security department the cases in which the amount of violations or violations exceeds the prescribed standards. The animal husbandry and veterinary administrative departments shall strengthen the supervision and management of livestock husbandry farms. Enterprises and individuals that add banned drugs during the breeding process shall be severely investigated and banned, and livestock products containing banned drugs shall be strictly prohibited from being put on the market.

(3) Pharmaceutical supervisory and administrative departments at all levels shall conduct special inspections on the production and sales of raw materials and products of clenbuterol drugs in the area under its jurisdiction. The production of clenbuterol is not authorized for the production of drug approval numbers and illegal production. Enterprises, as well as the production and sales of pharmaceuticals such as clenbuterol, for units and individuals that do not have the Pharmaceutical Production License, the Pharmaceutical Business License, or the Medical Practice License, shall severely investigate and deal with them according to law. No unit or individual may provide this medicine to non-medical institutions and individuals. Otherwise, the legal responsibility of the relevant parties shall be investigated according to law.

(4) The administrative departments for industry and commerce at all levels must actively cooperate with relevant departments to organize and carry out special operations. The pharmaceutical enterprises, chemical companies, feed enterprises, and aquaculture companies that illegally produce, trade, and use drugs such as clenbuterol should be resolutely investigated. If the circumstances are serious, their business licenses must be revoked.

(5) Quality and technical supervision departments at all levels must actively cooperate with the administrative departments of agriculture and other organizations in organizing and carrying out special operations to investigate and illicitly produce, operate, and use drugs such as Clenbuterol.

(6) Each entry-exit inspection and quarantine agency shall further intensify the inspection of Clenbuterol and other drugs for the supply of live animals to ensure that safe edible animals are put into the Hong Kong and Macao markets.

(VII) Notice of the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Public Security, the State Administration for Industry and Commerce, the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, and the All-China Federation of Supply and Marketing Cooperatives on the Intensification of Joint Fighting of Agricultural Production Materials (No. 4 of Agricultural Development [2001]) The division of responsibilities among public security agencies at all levels in the crackdown on agricultural capital has been made clear. All relevant administrative law enforcement agencies should regard cracking down on the illegal production, operation, and use of drugs such as Clenbuterol as the focus of agricultural product market rectification. In the law enforcement inspection process, it is necessary to actively coordinate the public security departments at all levels to ensure the implementation of administrative law enforcement. For those who refuse to obstruct or obstruct the administrative law enforcement personnel in accordance with the law, they shall be referred to public security organs for investigation. Those who commit crimes must be strictly investigated and dealt with according to law. For important cases, we must intervene in advance and resolutely investigate and deal with them.

(8) News media and newspapers, magazines and magazines shall not advertise ads containing feeds and feed additives that are prohibited drugs.

Third, improve the means, a check in the end

(a) Further improve related laws and regulations. The first is to speed up the formulation of national laws and regulations that punish illegal use of clenbuterol; the other is that prior to the promulgation of relevant laws and regulations in the country, all localities must first issue relevant regulations in accordance with the local conditions to provide the basis for the punishment of illegal acts. .

(b) Accelerate the development of standards for the quality and safety of livestock products and the construction of monitoring systems. The establishment and promulgation of the industry standard for "Clenbuterol Determination in Feed" provided scientific evidence for the monitoring of Clenbuterol's evidence in feed. However, the standards for the detection method of Clenbuterol in animal products have not yet been issued, and the Ministry of Agriculture is organizing the establishment of strengths. Before the industry standards have been introduced, local governments must speed up the development of local standards and the construction of monitoring systems to provide technical protection for the quality and safety management of livestock products.

(c) increase the intensity of the crackdown. We must increase efforts to combat illegal production and sales of illegal drugs such as Clenbuterol from the source, ban illegal production and sale of drugs such as clenbuterol, seize manufacturing equipment and tools, and thoroughly destroy its system. Sales capacity. It is necessary to increase the supervision of the press and the supervision of law enforcement. At the same time, the cases found in the previous phase must be accelerated according to the law and concluded, and the people's reports must be “five not missed,” and should be investigated thoroughly.

(d) Strengthen the construction of law enforcement teams. All relevant functional departments and law enforcement agencies must strengthen political and ideological education for law enforcement personnel and strengthen law enforcement training. At the same time, it is necessary to strengthen the supervision over law enforcement work, and seriously deal with those who commit crimes in law enforcement, carry out private law and defamation, collaborate with Clenbuterol criminals both inside and outside the production and sales, and report in a hurry, or who do not earnestly perform their statutory duties. Under the overall planning of the financial department, the funds for investigating and handling cases should be implemented to improve the means and equipment for handling cases and strengthen the law enforcement supervision capabilities.

(5) Problems and suggestions in the investigation and handling of illegal production, operation and use of illegal activities such as clenbuterol, please timely rectify and regulate with the Ministry of Agriculture Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Bureau (National Feed Work Office) or the Ministry of Agriculture. The Office of Market Economic Order Leading Group (Department of Marketing and Economic Information, Ministry of Agriculture).