Soho tea extract concentrate tablets contain perilla leaf, licorice, Houttuynia cordata and other Chinese herbal extracts. Whether it is medicine or food may easily arouse public doubts.

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[Reporter Chen Guanbei/Changhua Report] Wuhan pneumonia (COVID-19) broke out in 2020. In June of the following year, a man surnamed Zhan in Changhua obtained the technical authorization of the Academia Sinica "Soho Tea Series" formula, which should be made into health food. He However, it was changed to "Qingguanbao Suho Tea Extract Concentrated Tablets" without authorization, and it was advertised as medical effects such as epidemic prevention, anti-virus, and resistance increase, which violated the Pharmaceutical Affairs Law.

The Changhua District Court heard that Zhan Nan manufactured counterfeit drugs without approval. He was sentenced to 1 year and 4 months in prison and a fine of 300,000 yuan. The sentence may be suspended for 2 years and he should pay 350,000 yuan to the public treasury. ten thousand yuan.

It is understood that the case originated from last year's general election. Zhu Qiubao, a candidate for mayor of Yongjing Township, Changhua County, presented to the public a concentrated ingot product of Soho tea extract with the words "Qingzhiguan" written on it, because the ingredients contained perilla leaves, licorice, Houttuynia cordata and other Chinese herbal extracts, whether it is medicine or food, has aroused doubts among the public, and they also report it as a violation of the electoral strike law.

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However, Zhu Qiubao argued that the product was food and did not advertise its curative effect. A box of 10 pills cost about 20 yuan. The act of giving away did not violate the Pharmaceutical Affairs Law and the Election Law. However, it was discovered that for the same formula product, Zhan Nan had commissioned another biotechnology company not qualified as a pharmaceutical factory to manufacture about 2,000 to 3,000 boxes of "Yuanfutang Qingguanbao Soho Tea Extract Concentrated Tablets" and posted them on Youtube The advertisements on the platform promote medical efficacy, and the price per box is 2,000 to 3,000 yuan.

The content of the lawsuit pointed out that Zhan Nan (57 years old) is the actual person in charge of the biotechnology company. In June 2021, he obtained the "Soho Tea Series" formula authorized by the Academia Sinica. The biotechnology company produced "Yuanfutang Qingguanbao Soho Tea Extract Concentrated Tablets" as an OEM, and advertised on the Internet Youtube platform as "Suhe Fangyi No. 1 Qingguanbao", claiming that the product was "emergency authorized" ", can prevent epidemics, anti-virus, increase resistance, inhibit various inflammations and other medical effects, enough to make people mistakenly believe that it is a drug.

Later, the ad was reported and ordered to be removed from the shelves by the Ministry of Health and Welfare. The prosecution also investigated. Academia Sinica and Zhan Nan’s biotechnology company authorized the contract to be health care and health food, and it was not allowed to be made into medicine or promote curative effects. However, Zhan Nan argued Said that the company did not advertise on the online Youtube platform, and what it obtained from the Academia Sinica was a "non-exclusive authorization contract" rather than an "emergency authorization".

The judge held that Zhan Nan and the representative of the biotechnology company surnamed Huang made Soho tea series formulas into medicines without authorization, violating the Pharmaceutical Affairs Law for the crime of manufacturing counterfeit medicines, and sentenced Zhan Nan to 1 year and 4 months in prison. A fine of 300,000 yuan will be imposed, and the sentence will be suspended for 2 years, and 350,000 yuan should be paid to the public treasury; the representative surnamed Huang will be fined 300,000 yuan.

A man surnamed Zhan obtained the authorization of the Academia Sinica to make the soho tea food formula, which should be made into health food, but sold it as "Qingguanbao Soho Tea Extract Concentrated Tablets" which is a pharmaceutical product without authorization, which violated the Pharmaceutical Affairs Law.

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Zhu Qiubao, a candidate for the mayor of Yongjing Township, Changhua County, gave away concentrated tablets of Soho tea with the words "Qingzhiguan" and other words to the public in the general election last year. strike.

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