Selling unlicensed medical devices online? File a case for investigation!

Photonic skin rejuvenation, water light acupuncture... Under the birth of the Internet economy, medical beauty has also joined the "army" of e-commerce, but there have also been chaos such as unscrupulous merchants selling unlicensed medical equipment and not storing medical equipment as required. On August 23, the reporter learned from the Baiyun District Market Supervision Bureau that the Huangshi market supervision department has recently carried out special rectification work for medical devices that can be used for medical beauty, focusing on the merchants who have settled in the major e-commerce platforms in the jurisdiction, and fully strengthen the medical treatment of the medical beauty industry. Device use safety supervision.

Through the information retrieval of online sales of medical devices that can be used for medical cosmetology, law enforcement officers of the market supervision department found that a company was selling phototherapy and beauty devices that were suspected to be without registration information on an e-commerce platform. After discovering the clues, law enforcement officers rushed to the company's actual business address to conduct on-site inspections. Sure enough, they found that the relevant products with or without product registration information were stored in the business premises of the parties, which were the prototypes of phototherapy and beauty equipment sold online. After investigation, according to the structure, intended use, working principle, etc. of the products involved, the above-mentioned equipment should be managed as a second-class medical device. The company is suspected of producing/operating a second-class/third-class medical device without a medical device registration certificate. , violated the "Guangdong Provincial Regulations on the Supervision and Administration of Medical Devices", and law enforcement officers seized the products involved on the spot and filed a case against the company.

The market supervision department reminds consumers to be more rational in the treatment of medical beauty and should pay attention to the following points when choosing medical beauty items:

First, choose a formal and legal medical beauty institution that holds a "Medical Institution Practicing License". Formal and legal medical beauty institutions will hang a valid "Medical Institution Practicing License" in a conspicuous position of the business premises, and the "Medical Institution Practicing License" will publish the approved diagnosis and treatment projects.

Second, choose legally registered drugs and medical devices. Consumers can log on to the "Public Inquiry" on the website of the State Drug Administration to verify the relevant approval number.

Third, keep the consumption certificate. Consumer vouchers are necessary evidence for consumers to protect their rights, and consumers should keep them properly as the basis for complaints and reports. If consumers find quality problems of medical beauty drugs and medical devices, they can call 12345 to make complaints and reports.

The market supervision department warns operating enterprises and user units to purchase medical devices that have obtained registration certificates or filing certificates according to law from legal channels, make purchase inspection and sales records, and regulate the purchase management and sales of medical devices that can be used for medical beauty. Act to ensure the quality and safety of medical devices.

Text and photos/Guangzhou Daily New Flower City reporter He Yingsi Correspondent Peng Chunping