The MHRA goes on to say the one particular product, Niu Huang Jie Du Pian, was found to have high levels of arsenic.
Tong Ren Tang Technologies Co, a leading traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) producer in China, announced on its website Thursday that it has never exported Niu Huang Jie Du Pian medicine to the UK and Sweden or sold the medicine online, and it will further investigate the warning on the medicine issued by the UK's medicine regulator.
Which is all fine and dandy, but the UK press release clearly says that neither the UK or Sweden have licensed the medicine, they are available for sale online, something that Tong Ren Tang seems to have completely misunderstood.
All of these products are unlicensed and are not authorised for sale in the UK. They have, however, been found to be available on the internet and people are warned to exercise extreme caution when buying unlicensed medicines as they have not been assessed for safety and quality and standards can vary widely.
Tong Ren Tang seems to have misfired on it's initial response to the MHRA press release by completely misunderstanding that the MHRA isn't talking about official exports, but warning against buying dodgy pills off eBay.
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