China closes herbal drug firm linked to deaths

More Traditional Chinese Medicine.

"China, battling to restore trust in its products amid a tainted milk scandal, has closed a local pharmaceutical company whose herbal injections have been linked to the deaths of three people.

China last month expanded a product recall for Wandashan Pharmaceutical, a company based in northeastern Heilongjiang province, after the injections caused adverse reactions in six people, three of whom died.

Investigators from China's food and drug watchdog, the State Food and Drug Administration, had found the problem drugs were contaminated with bacteria after being soaked with rain at one of the company's storage areas in southwestern Yunnan province."

Good excuse.

"Rather than dispose of them, employees repackaged them for sale, the watchdog said in a notice posted on its website (www.sda.gov.cn) on Friday."

A yen saved, is a yen earned.

"The case comes as China grapples with a string of health scares involving melamine-contaminated milk and other dairy products, that have made thousands of infants ill and prompted recalls of Chinese-made goods from around the world."

Well, at least WHO has its head on straight.

Not.