China NMPA Drug Inspection - Anhui Dechang Pharmaceutical Slices Co., Ltd. - 25 Chinese medicinal herbs including Bletilla striata and earthworm.

The Shandong Provincial Food and Drug Administration, operating under the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) framework, issued an announcement on January 25, 2018, detailing the results of drug testing (Issue 1, 2018). Investigations conducted by nine drug testing institutions, including the Jinan and Jining Municipal Food and Drug Inspection and Testing Centers, identified significant quality issues. Specifically, 32 batches of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) decoction pieces, produced by 24 enterprises such as Bozhou Chengyuan TCM Decoction Pieces Co., Ltd. and Shandong Shangdu Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., were found to be substandard. The main violations related to the