Gyeonggi Health and Environment Research Institute Strengthens Herbal Medicine Testing... 'Sensory Inspection' from March

Gyeonggi Province has significantly strengthened the inspection of herbal medicines since March this year.

The Gyeonggi-do Institute of Health and Environment announced on the 29th that it has appointed qualified members for sensory inspection of herbal medicines and has been conducting sensory inspections of herbal medicines for the first time since last month.

The sensory inspection of herbal medicines is an important evaluation method conducted alongside physicochemical tests, where the form, color, taste, smell, foreign substances, drying, and packaging conditions are observed according to the standards of herbal medicines to determine their suitability.

Gyeonggi-do Institute of Health and Environment

The sensory inspection committee for herbal medicines consists of a total of six members: two Korean medicine doctors, two pharmacists, and two herbal pharmacists, recommended by related associations such as the Korean Medicine Doctors Association.

The Institute of Health and Environment plans to conduct quality inspections on 150 distributed herbal medicines this year, and as of this month, sensory inspections have been conducted on 75 distributed herbal medicines.

As a result of the inspections, some herbal medicines such as Jaso-yeop and Duchung were judged unsuitable due to purity (foreign substances) and characteristics (unremoved outer skin), and administrative measures were notified to related institutions.

An official from the Institute of Health and Environment stated, "By strengthening the quality inspection of distributed herbal medicines, we will create an environment that enhances accessibility and reliability of herbal medicines so that residents can use them with confidence."

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