A PHARMACEUTICAL factory in Guizhou Province has ordered a nationwide recall of an eczema cream for babies after a powerful hormone was found in the skin cream.
At least one baby, in Hunan Province, had an adverse reaction to the cream after using it for seven months to treat eczema, Chinanews.com reported.
Wang Ying, legal representative of Miaoling Miao Nationality Medicine Technology Co, said a company official surnamed Su asked others to put clobetasol propionate into Miaoling eczema cream to seek revenge after the company changed his stock options package, the report said.
Clobetasol propionate is a corticosteroid used to treat skin ailments including eczema. It is highly potent and is not recommended for use beyond two weeks. The pharmaceutical factory claims its products are made of herbs.
The Chinanews report did not say how much clobetasol propionate had been added to the cream but the latest report by a Zhejiang Province newspaper said an eight-month-old girl in Changsha, Hunan Province, experienced bleeding similar to a menstrual period after using the Miaoling cream.
Wang said the case had been reported to police but they haven't provided any updates. He added the tainted cream was mainly sold in Changsha and Zhengzhou, Henan Province.
No adverse reactions have been found in Shanghai but the city's health authority said its investigation was still under way.
It will order a sales suspension if the problem is confirmed, Youth Daily reported yesterday.
At least one baby, in Hunan Province, had an adverse reaction to the cream after using it for seven months to treat eczema, Chinanews.com reported.
Wang Ying, legal representative of Miaoling Miao Nationality Medicine Technology Co, said a company official surnamed Su asked others to put clobetasol propionate into Miaoling eczema cream to seek revenge after the company changed his stock options package, the report said.
Clobetasol propionate is a corticosteroid used to treat skin ailments including eczema. It is highly potent and is not recommended for use beyond two weeks. The pharmaceutical factory claims its products are made of herbs.
The Chinanews report did not say how much clobetasol propionate had been added to the cream but the latest report by a Zhejiang Province newspaper said an eight-month-old girl in Changsha, Hunan Province, experienced bleeding similar to a menstrual period after using the Miaoling cream.
Wang said the case had been reported to police but they haven't provided any updates. He added the tainted cream was mainly sold in Changsha and Zhengzhou, Henan Province.
No adverse reactions have been found in Shanghai but the city's health authority said its investigation was still under way.
It will order a sales suspension if the problem is confirmed, Youth Daily reported yesterday.
Source : http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=378039&type=National
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