The Ministry of Public Security will crack down on medical beauty crimes such as the production and sale of fake and inferior "water light needles" and "hot maggi"

The Food and Drug Crime Investigation Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security recently issued a notice to further increase the crackdown on prominent criminal activities in the field of drug safety, such as illegal production and sale of medical beauty products, illegal employment, false advertising, and fraud through "medical beauty loans", in response to the frequent occurrence of medical beauty accidents in some areas. This will effectively ensure the physical health and life safety of the people.

The notice requires that local public security food and drug investigation departments should fully play their functional roles, actively cooperate with relevant police officers and departments, take targeted work measures, carry out active investigation and precise crackdown, and form a strict deterrence situation against illegal and criminal activities in key areas such as the illegal production and sale of medical beauty products. We need to highlight the focus of cracking down on crimes such as the production and sale of counterfeit botulinum toxin, beauty injections such as "water light needles", medical beauty equipment such as "Thermage", and the sale of medical beauty products imported through illegal channels. We need to broaden the sources of clues, conduct investigations around key areas and links such as medical beauty product production and operation enterprises, medical beauty service institutions, and live streaming sales platforms, and actively mobilize the public to report and expose illegal activities. We need to strengthen the crackdown on cases, in accordance with the targets of "attacking the source, targeting the end, disrupting the network, cutting off the chain, and chasing the flow" and the investigation requirements of "all links, all elements, and all chains", conduct thorough investigations, accurately and ruthlessly, and timely organize unified and centralized collection to completely destroy criminal networks.

The notice requires strengthening cross regional cooperation and coordination, enhancing communication and coordination with procuratorates, courts and other departments, to ensure the quality and effectiveness of law enforcement. We should closely combine the joint rectification work of departments such as cracking down on illegal medical beauty services, strengthen communication and cooperation with market supervision, health, drug supervision, customs, and other departments, standardize the transfer of cases, storage and disposal of involved items, inspection and identification, and promptly report industry problems and loopholes discovered during the investigation process to relevant administrative authorities, promoting the realization of source control, comprehensive management, and systematic governance, Form a joint effort to combat and rectify the situation. We must deepen the "Kunlun 2021" special action and the "I do practical things for the people" practical activity, resolutely ensure the safety of medication for the people, and effectively enhance their sense of gain, happiness, and security.