Chinese Medicine Division

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• Press Release of Department of Health: Further recall of two proprietary Chinese medicines with failed microbial limit (with photos) (13 May 2013)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Recall of mislabelled Chinese herbal medicine (10 May 2013)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Recall of proprietary Chinese medicines with failed microbial limit (with photos) (9 May 2013)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Recall of mercury-tainted proprietary Chinese medicine (with photo) (7 May 2013)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Recall of improperly labelled proprietary Chinese medicine (with photos) (26 April 2013)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Fourth WHO Working Group Meeting on Traditional Medicine Strategy held in Hong Kong (with photo) (24 April 2013)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Suspected illegal possession of unregistered proprietary Chinese medicines and sale of Part I poison by registered Chinese medicine practitioner (11 April 2013)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Suspected illegal possession of Part I poisons and antibiotics by a Chinese medicine practitioner (2 April 2013)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Suspension of enquiry hotline service of Chinese Medicine Division under Department of Health (28 March 2013)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Recall of western-drug-tainted proprietary Chinese medicine (with photos) (5 March 2013)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Recall of proprietary Chinese medicines with failed microbial limit (with photo) (22 February 2013)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Four unregistered proprietary Chinese medicines recalled (with photos) (22 February 2013)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Suspected case of aconitum alkaloid poisoning under DH investigation (8 February 2013)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Recall of proprietary Chinese medicines with undeclared aconitum alkaloids (with photos) (5 February 2013)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Recall of unregistered proprietary Chinese medicines (with photo) (25 January 2013)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Recall of unregistered proprietary Chinese medicines (with photos) (16 January 2013)
• Press Release of Department of Health: DH investigates case of aconitum alkaloid poisoning (4 January 2013)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Recall of Chinese herbal medicine contaminated by solanaceous alkaloids (2 January 2013)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Suspected case of Cushing's syndrome with history of taking medicines prescribed by a Chinese Medicine Practitioner (31 December 2012)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Recall of lead-tainted proprietary Chinese medicine (with photo) (31 December 2012)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Results of Hong Kong Chinese Materia Medica Standards (Phase V) announced (31 December 2012)
• Press Release of Department of Health: DH investigates confirmed case of solanaceous alkaloid poisoning (28 December 2012)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Recall of Chinese herbal medicine contaminated by the Aristolochiaceae family of plants (7 December 2012)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Recall of lead-tainted proprietary Chinese medicine (with photo) (4 December 2012)
• Press Release of Department of Health: International meeting on Hong Kong's Materia Medica Standards held in Hong Kong (3 December 2012)
• Press Release of Department of Health: WHO Working Group meets in Hong Kong to discuss traditional medicine strategy (with photo) (27 November 2012)
• Press Release of Department of Health: DH investigates a confirmed case of solanaceous alkaloid poisoning (23 November 2012)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Recall of lead-tainted proprietary Chinese medicine (with photo) (8 November 2012)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Recall of mislabelled Chinese herbal medicine (with photo) (1 November 2012)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Recall of unregistered proprietary Chinese medicines supplied by Pure Health (with photos) (18 October 2012)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Further recall of mercury-tainted proprietary Chinese medicines (17 October 2012)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Recall of unregistered proprietary Chinese medicine supplied by Kin Lik Trading Company Limited (with photo) (11 October 2012)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Recall of mercury-tainted proprietary Chinese medicine (with photo) (10 October 2012)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Recall of lead-tainted proprietary Chinese medicine (with photo) (10 October 2012)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Recall of Western drug-tainted proprietary Chinese medicines (with photos) (8 October 2012)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Recall of proprietary Chinese medicine with failed microbial limit (with photo) (3 October 2012)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Caution on unregistered proprietary Chinese medicines (31 August 2012)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Recall of unregistered proprietary Chinese medicines supplied by Shun Hing Hoo Medicine Powder (24 August 2012)
• Press Release of Department of Health: DH investigates suspected case of aconitum alkaloid poisoning (18 June 2012)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Recall of two chromium-tainted proprietary Chinese medicines (with photos) (25 May 2012)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Total recall of proprietary Chinese medicines in capsule dose form imported by Kin Lik Trading Company Limited (with photos) (24 May 2012)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Suspected illegal supply of Western medicine by Chinese medicine practitioner (with photo) (22 May 2012)
• Press Release of Department of Health: WHO Collaborating Centre for Traditional Medicine designated in Hong Kong (with photos) (9 May 2012)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Total recall of mercury-tainted proprietary Chinese medicine (with photo) (8 May 2012)
• Press Release of Department of Health: World Health Organization launches Western Pacific regional strategy for traditional medicine (with photos) (7 May 2012)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Total recall of proprietary Chinese medicines in capsule dose form by Hong Kong Medicine Manufactory (7 May 2012)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Recall of chromium-tainted proprietary Chinese medicines (with photo) (6 May 2012)
• Press Release of Department of Health: DH investigates a suspected case of aconitum alkaloid poisoning (4 May 2012)
• Press Release of Department of Health: WHO holds technical meeting on classification of traditional medicine in Hong Kong (with photo) (2 May 2012)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Total recall of processed Radix Aconiti Lateralis (with photo and list of suppliers affected (Chinese only)) (28 April 2012)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Alert of unregistered Western-drug-tainted proprietary Chinese medicine (with photo) (27 April 2012)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Alert on case of death suspected to be related to aconitum alkaloid poisoning (27 April 2012)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Recall of improperly labelled proprietary Chinese medicine (with photo) (27 March 2012)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Suspected Illegal supply of prescription western drug by a Chinese medicine practitioner (with photos) (20 March 2012)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Recall of heavy metal-tainted and drug-tainted proprietary Chinese medicines (with photos) (5 March 2012)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Suspension of use of Chinese herb mislabelled as "Flos Campsis" (with photos) (3 February 2012)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Alert on aconitum alkaloid poisoning (13 January 2012)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Warning on orally consumed product containing banned and undeclared Western drug ingredients (with photo) (23 December 2011)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Warning on slimming product with banned and undeclared drug ingredients (with photo) (20 December 2011)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Caution against two unregistered proprietary Chinese medicines (with photos) (10 December 2011)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Alert on herbal aconitum alkaloid poisoning (9 December 2011)
• Press Release of Department of Health: International meeting on Hong Kong's Chinese herb standards commences (with photo) (6 December 2011)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Requirements for labelling and package inserts of proprietary Chinese medicines to take effect from December 1 (30 November 2011)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Recall of Qing Yin Wan (with photo) (30 November 2011)
• Press Release of Department of Health: DH investigating suspected case of Cushing's syndrome with history of taking medicines prescribed by Chan Kwok-wing (30 November 2011)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Illegal supply of unregistered drugs (with photos) (28 November 2011)
• Press Release of Department of Health: National Institutes for Food and Drug Control to participate in Hong Kong's materia medica standards project (with photo) (22 November 2011)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Recall of Western-drug-tainted proprietary Chinese medicine (7 October 2011)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Recall of Western-drug-tainted proprietary Chinese medicine (with photo) (27 September 2011)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Recall of drug-tainted proprietary Chinese medicine (with photo) (1 September 2011)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Recall of adulterated fake proprietary Chinese medicine (with photo) (16 August 2011)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Recall of heavy metal-tainted proprietary Chinese medicines (with photos) (10 August 2011)
• Information about Premier's patrons with concerned Radix Aucklandiae herbal powder (9 August 2011)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Caution against atropine-tainted Chinese herbal powder (with photo) (8 August 2011)
• Additional information related to the incident of product recall of Luen Wing Chinese Medicine Manufacture Company Limited (4 August 2011)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Voluntary Recall of Chinese medicines (3 August 2011)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Recall of proprietary Chinese medicines manufactured by Luen Wing Chinese Medicine Manufacture Company Limited (2 August 2011)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Caution against four contaminated proprietary Chinese medicines (1 August 2011)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Recall of five proprietary Chinese medicines due to quality issue (12 July 2011)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Recall of proprietary Chinese medicine found to contain excessive lead (5 July 2011)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Herbal aconitum alkaloid poisoning alert (30 June 2011)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Recall of arsenic-tainted proprietary Chinese medicine (with photo) (24 June 2011)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Suspected poisoning due to tropane alkaloids tainted Chinese medicinal herb (18 June 2011)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Recall of six pharmaceutical products related to the DEHP incident (with photos) (1 June 2011)
• Press Release of Department of Health: FEHD and DH take measures to follow up on plasticiser contamination incident in Taiwan (with photos) (30 May 2011)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Further safety alert on contaminated Rhizoma Atractylodis (16 May 2011)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Poisoning due to tropane alkaloids tainted Chinese medicinal herb (13 May 2011)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Recall of mercury-tainted proprietary Chinese medicine (with photo) (6 May 2011)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Suspected poisoning case linked to Chinese medicinal herb (20 April 2011)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Recall of proprietary Chinese medicine found to contain excessive lead (with photos) (19 April 2011)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Recall of proprietary Chinese medicine found to contain excessive arsenic (with photo) (18 April 2011)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Recall of a proprietary Chinese medicine with excessive pesticide residues (with photo) (6 April 2011)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Taiwan's China Medical University to participate in HK's Chinese herb standards project (with photo) (30 March 2011)
• Press Release of Department of Health: WHO holds technical meeting on classification of traditional medicine in Hong Kong (with photo) (30 March 2011)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Cluster of poisoning cases from mislabelled Chinese herb investigated (16 March 2011)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Precautionary recall of proprietary Chinese medicine found by Macau to have excessive lead (with photo) (15 March 2011)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Immediate suspension of use of mislabelled Chinese herb "Flos Campsis" (with photos) (12 March 2011)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Recall of two unregistered drugs (with photos) (10 March 2011)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Results of Hong Kong Chinese Materia Medica Standards (Phase III) announced (15 February 2011)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Suspected contamination of Chinese herbal powder (with photo) (15 January 2011)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Recall of proprietary Chinese medicine Golden Tower Super Hun Kwan Powder (with photo) (14 December 2010)
• Press Release of Department of Health: International meeting on Hong Kong's Chinese herb standards (with photo) (6 December 2010)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Mandatory registration of proprietary Chinese medicines to take effect from December 3 (2 December 2010)
• Press Release of Department of Health: WPRO experts meeting on regional strategy for traditional medicine (with photos) (18 November 2010)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Recall of oral proprietary Chinese medicines manufactured by Merika Medicine Factory (with photo)(10 November 2010)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Test result of Wintex Tong Hang Wan Pills samples within limit (10 November 2010)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Recall of registered proprietary Chinese medicine with western drug ingredient (with photo) (9 November 2010)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Recall of contaminated registered proprietary Chinese medicine with Western drug ingredient (with photos) (8 November 2010)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Recall of proprietary Chinese medicine "Cousedin Cold & Cough Relief Cap" (with photo) (4 November 2010)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Recall of proprietary Chinese medicine Wintex Tong Hang Wan Pills (27 October 2010)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Caution against contaminated Chinese herbs "Rhizoma et Radix Notopterygii" and "Radix Dipsaci" (with photos) (13 September 2010)
• Press Release of Department of Health: DH investigates suspected case of aconitum alkaloid poisoning (10 September 2010)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Caution about substitution of Chinese herbal medicines Flos Campsis by Flos Daturae Metelis (with photos) (24 August 2010)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Recall of Chinese medicine product with exceeding microbial limit (with photos) (5 August 2010)
• Press Release of Department of Health: Recall of registered proprietary Chinese medicines with western drug ingredient (with photos) (2 August 2010)