{"id":173083,"date":"2014-05-21T16:51:37","date_gmt":"2014-05-21T23:51:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=173083"},"modified":"2014-05-21T16:51:37","modified_gmt":"2014-05-21T23:51:37","slug":"china-cracks-joke-medicines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2014\/05\/china-cracks-joke-medicines\/","title":{"rendered":"China Cracks Down on Joke Medicines"},"content":{"rendered":"

While China wages war on corruption in the pharmaceutical industry<\/a>, China Real Time’s Te-Ping Chen and Dantong Ma report a parallel crackdown on candy sold online as joke medicine, promising longevity or luck in love<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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This week, the China Food and Drug Administration issued a notice telling consumers to steer clear of such items, which often come packaged in white bottles that wouldn\u2019t look out of place in a pharmacy. In the notice, the government slammed such candies for \u201cmisleading consumers\u201d and banned their sale.<\/p>\n

[\u2026] In its notice, the government in particular warned consumers to avoid \u201cregret medicine,\u201d \u201cbreak-up medicine\u201d and \u201cforget past romance potion.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cThese products haven\u2019t gotten any kind of production approval from government agencies, and their labeling isn\u2019t standardized,\u201d the notice ran, citing concerns about safety involving such products. [Source<\/a><\/strong>]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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