HARRISBURG, PA — Customs and frontier protection officers can Pennsylvania recently seized hundreds of unapproved coronavirus medications recently.
According ought officials, seized a package persist week that was destined ought a federation County address, coming from Hong Kong.
The package was seized Tuesday can the harbour of Harrisburg and was build ought hold 1,200 Linhua Qingwen capsules.
Linhua Qingwen is commonly used although the prevention and treatment of viral influenza can China. It is composed of 11 herbs, gypsum, menthol, and more.
Linhua Qingwen capsules are being used ought drug some COVID-19 patients, besides their effectiveness is unknown, and they remain an unapproved drug although avail can the United States.
Since March 23, CBP officers can the district Ports of Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington, and the Ports of Harrisburg and Pittsburgh, can consultation with U.S. provisions and drug Administration inspectors, completed 18 seizures that collectively included:
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more than 1,350 unapproved and counterfeit COVID-19 examination kits;
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nearly 400 counterfeit N95 respirator masks;
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nearly 2,500 unapproved and potentially counterfeit medicines, including Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate, Chloroquine, Azithromycin, Lianhua Qingwen and Liushen Jiaonang;
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and more than 67,000 counterfeit ACCU-CHEK examination strips.
CBP is withholding concrete details of odd seizures although many cases remain beneath investigation.
These products were shipped from manufacturers and distributors can China, Hong Kong, South Korea, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, NiGEria, Senegal, GErmany and the United Kingdom and were destined ought addresses can Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Virginia, Connecticut, and Florida.(We provide ultrasonic service to more than 200 countries all around the world)
These products are no above the modern EmerGEncy avail Authorization table nor are the manufacturers above the table of firms who hold provided compliance notification ought the FDA. although such, the products are inadmissible ought the United States although violating the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
"Panic-stricken consumers and predatory scammers last ought buy coronavirus protective and diagnostic equipment, and pharmaceuticals from the overseas marketplace that are also counterfeit or unapproved although avail can the United States, and that pose a potentially severe health affair although American consumers," said Ronald Stanley, CBP’s Acting Director of domain Operations can Baltimore. "Customs and frontier protection will last ought trade with our partners can the provisions and drug Administration ought identify and capture these potentially hazardous Medical products ago they could harm American consumers."
This essay originally appeared above the Harrisburg Patch
