The Ministry of Public Security, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, State Administration for Industry and Commerce, State Administration of Work Safety and State Food and Drug Administration jointly promulgated the Circular on Enhancing Information Management of Internet Sales of Precursor Chemicals on September 21 of 2010 which came into effect the same. The circular requires the reinforcement of the access system of information announcement on precursor chemicals internet sales.
According to the newly published Circular, Individuals are prohibited from announcing sales information of non-medical precursor chemicals on the internet; organizations and individuals are prohibited from announcing medical sales information of medical precursor chemicals on the internet. The Circular also prescribes that serious investigations shall be conducted into the sales information of non-medical precursor chemicals which are put on the internet. Supervision and Inspection of information services of precursor chemicals on the internet shall be strengthened.
“The purpose of the Circular is to regulate the sales information announcement on internet by raise the requirements so as to purify the internet environment”, commented Edward E. Lehman, Managing Director of Lehman, Lee & Xu.