T L BIOTECH TAMPERED WITH COLD REMEDY DATES SINCE 2013|"天良"感冒液 涉竄改16萬罐效期被查獲

Another food and drugs related scandal. New Taipei City Department of Health and the Food and Drug Administration searched the TL Biotech Company in Xizhi and found evidence of tampering with the expiration date and batch number on products. Over 160,000 cans of cold remedy liquid stored on the site have been sealed. The company is now being prosecuted for Pharmaceutical Law violations. Initial investigation shows that the company has been tempering with expiration dates on its cold syrups since 2013. Over 920,000 bottles have entered the market. On May 24 staff from the New Taipei City Department of Health and the Food and Drug Administration searched the TL Biotech Company in Xizhi. On the fifth floor they found bottles of cold remedy ready to be sent for retail. Mixed in with these were products, a total of 1,524, that had had the labels changed. After further investigation,160,000 bottles were found and seized, all had had the batch number and expiration date tampered with. ==HSU CHAO-CHENG New Taipei City Department of Health== The expiry date on this product is printed on the outer box where it opens, the manufacturing date is printed, and on the bottle there is not batch number and no date. The products that have been tampered with are not easily detected, as the real product has a batch number and expiry date printed on the outside of the box. On the bottle and other places there are no labels. The instruction leaflet is two sided and has the batch number and expiry date printed on it. The counterfeit medicine has a new label on the bottle, which is badly stuck. The DOH warned members of the public not to continue to take the medicine. ==HSU CHAO-CHENG New Taipei City Department of Health== The manufacturer started to tamper with expiry date labels in 2013, these all entered the market, nearly a million bottles, we haven't yet found where they went. T L Biotech posted an apology on its website and said it would stop selling the product and take back all the products that were in the market. As the company has also violated food and drug legislation, it will be fined NT$1 billion and the case will be sent for prosecution. TRANSLATED BY：CLARE LEAR 新北市衛生局與食藥署，昨天下午到新北市汐止區天良生技公司稽查，發現涉嫌竄改產品的有效期限及批號，現場封存超過16萬罐感冒液，依違反藥事法移送地檢署偵辦。根據衛生局調查，從102年開始遭到更改有效期限的感冒液，流向市面的數量恐怕超過92萬罐。 多位衛生局與食藥署人員24號到汐止的天良生技公司稽查，在5樓出貨區發現，準備出貨的感冒液裡，夾雜著被改過標的產品，共有1524罐，再深入追查，現場總共有16萬罐的感冒液被查封，全都是遭到竄改批號及有效期限。 ==新北市衛生局副局長 許朝程== 這個真品 它的製造期限標示 是在外盒打開處這邊有鋼印 有鋼印製造 內瓶這邊不會有批號跟保存期限 被動過手腳的感冒液，其實不容易辨認，真品只有一種，就是批號和有效日期會以鋼印的方式印在外盒，內瓶與其他地方，都不會顯示，還有說明單是雙面，而像內瓶印上日期及批號，就是偽藥，還有的直接在內瓶外，再重新貼上新標籤，浮貼度差很大，衛生局呼籲民眾，若手上有這款產品，請停止服用。 ==新北市衛生局副局長 許朝程== 廠商從102年就開始改標 竄改這個偽造的藥品 流到市面去 總共流了幾十萬罐不等 這個我們不知道 確定流出去 大概也90幾萬罐 92萬罐了 天良生技下午在官網發出聲明表示，對此事深感抱歉，會立即停止產品銷售，並將市面上貨品全面下架回收。由於天良生技涉嫌違反藥事法，最重可罰1億元罰金，全案交由地檢署偵辦。 記者 郭采彥 郭俊麟 新北市報導