Thirteen Chinese Ministries, including the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and the State Food and Drug Administration, have jointly launched a nationwide campaign against both false medicine advertisements and sending fake pharmaceuticals through the express mail.

China's State Food and Drug Administration has issued a circular which requires that sales be halted of Shuanghuanglian injection made by Heilongjiang Duoduo Pharmaceutical Company due to problems with the medication.

It was learned at the recent Hunan Medical Instrument Supervision Work Conference that 66 medical instrument companies in Hunan had their production or operating licenses revoked in 2008.

Progress has been made on the incident of the un-approved rabies vaccine produced by Dalian Jingang Andi Bio-products Company.

China's Health Minister Cheng Zhu and his U.S. counterpart Mike Leavitt said at a press conference that China and the United States would set up food safety surveillance offices in each other's country to enhance communication and cooperation on food safety between the two countries.

Products from Korea-based Ceragem have reportedly caused adverse reactions for users in Nanchang, Jiangxi province, and the Jiangxi Food and Drug Administration says that relevant local departments have already asked Ceragem to stop selling the thermal massager products.