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China has ordered a general inspection of vaccine-producing companies in response to the recent scandal of defective rabies vaccines manufactured by one of the country's largest laboratories.
According to the Xinhua official news agency, several teams will thoroughly investigate the entire process and the entire vaccine production chain of all Chinese producers to the Following an order issued Wednesday by the Food and Drug Administration (CFDA) of China
. "The company will thoroughly inspect the entire process and production chain of all vaccine manufacturers," the CFDA said in a statement.
CFDA last week accused Changchun Changsheng Pharmaceutical Laboratory, one of the country's largest vaccine producers, falsifying the production records of about 113,000 rabies vaccines, and the distribution of more than 250 000 defective doses against tetanus and pertussis have been observed.
According to the authorities, the manufacturing data of the rabies vaccine have been falsified and the production parameters have changed.
Chinese President Xi Jinping immediately repudiated the "odious and shocking" practices of the company and called for a thorough investigation into the case. . On Tuesday, police in Changchun City, in the northeastern part of the country, arrested 15 people, including the director of the company based in northeastern China.
Authorities confirmed that adulterated vaccines had not left the Changchun Changsheng factories. But this case calls into question the regulator and increases the mistrust of consumers, already shaken by a number of food and health scandals in recent years.
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