False Documents Land Chinese OTC Firm In Real Regulatory Trouble With US FDA

As HBW Insight reported, following inspection in March, FDA placed Huize Commodity's hand sanitizers, sunscreens and lip balms on import alert in June. During FDA inspection, "multiple documents provided were in fact falsified," according to warning.

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A Chinese firm's recall of OTC sunscreens and hand sanitizers, some in Tootsie Roll packaging, didn't ward off a US Food and Drug Administration warning on falsifying documents and rampant quality-control problems.

The agency noted its warning submitted 2 August to NingBo Huize Commodity Co. Ltd., of Zhejiang, China, in a statement...

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