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On the 22nd, the Drug Supervision Division of the Mianyang Municipal Market Supervision Administration carried out the destruction of family expired drugs in Fenggu Town, Weicheng District. On-site pollution-free destruction of nearly 1 ton of recovered family expired drugs eliminates the hidden dangers caused by family expired drugs.

In mid-April this year, the Drug Supervision Division of the Municipal Market Supervision Bureau carried out free replacement and recycling activities for family expired drugs in some pharmacies in urban areas. Consumers have packaged expired drugs in their homes and sent them to the collection point for free replacement. According to reports, the main reason for the emergence of expired drugs is that consumers do not have a proper limit when purchasing drugs, and buy small items to buy them home. After a long period of time, they have passed the validity period, and they have not cleaned up the family medicine kits in time. The family expired drugs destroyed this time are expired drugs recovered from the expired drug collection points in Mianyang in the past month. There are more than 100 varieties with a value of more than 300,000 yuan, totaling 1 ton.

According to reports, the Drug Supervision Division of the Municipal Market Supervision Bureau also set up household replacement expired drug recovery and replacement points in various chain pharmacies in Mianyang, and implemented unified management to establish a long-term mechanism for the recovery of expired drugs, effectively protecting the safety of citizens.

The relevant person in charge of the Drug Supervision Department of the Municipal Market Supervision Bureau reminds consumers that once it is found that expired drugs appear in the home, it must not be mixed with domestic garbage, so it is easy to cause pollution to the soil, water sources, etc. The best way is to send them to the pharmacy, because there There is a place to recycle and store expired medicines for unified recycling, and finally the supervision department will carry out harmless destruction. (Mianyang Daily News Agency full media reporter Ren Mingyong text / map)

Editor: Jiang Xiaoli