What do I need to sell herbal medicines online?

Opening an online store to sell Chinese herbs online requires a pharmaceutical license and a business license.

According to Article 10 of the E-Commerce Law of the People's Republic of China*** and the State of China, e-commerce operators shall register as market players in accordance with the law. However, individuals selling self-produced agricultural and sideline products, cottage industry products, individuals using their skills to engage in the law does not need to obtain a permit for the convenience of the people's labor activities and sporadic small trading activities, as well as in accordance with the laws and administrative regulations do not need to be registered, except.

Article XII of the e-commerce operators to engage in business activities, the need to obtain the relevant administrative licenses, shall obtain administrative licenses.

Article 13 e-commerce operators shall sell goods or provide services in line with the requirements for safeguarding the safety of persons and property and environmental protection, and shall not sell or provide goods or services prohibited by laws and administrative regulations.

Notes:

1. First, it is necessary to register and submit a series of statements to sfda, such as the factory address, size and type of preparation, etc., in order to obtain approval.

2. Various facilities have to be improved, including net material warehouse, temporary storage warehouse, finished product warehouse, processing workshop, processing equipment, laboratory, etc., all of which have to be given specific numbers and also need to be approved.

3. Bacterial testing in the clean area should be in accordance with the preparation requirements. The clean area for making tablets is 300,000 levels, and the laboratory standard is at least 10,000 levels. If the area of sterile area is about 500 square meters, the cost is about 1 million yuan.

4. After the above content is qualified, the audit, also known as GMP audit. The verification time is usually about 2 days.

5. If qualified, a GMP certificate will be issued, and you can legally produce and sell

Extended information:

Methods for Administering Pharmaceutical Licenses Article 6 of the implementation of acceptance standards for the start-up of pharmaceutical wholesale enterprises by the State Food and Drug Administration to develop.

Starting a drug retail enterprise acceptance implementation standards, by the provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Food and Drug Administration in accordance with these measures and the "Drug Quality Management Code" of the relevant content of the organization, and reported to the State Food and Drug Administration for the record.

Article VII of the drug business enterprise business scope of approval. Scope of business:Narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances, toxic drugs for medical use; biological products; Chinese herbal medicines, Chinese medicinal herbs, Chinese medicinal tablets, proprietary Chinese medicines, chemical raw materials and their preparations, antibiotic raw materials and their preparations, biochemical drugs.

Engaging in the retail sale of drugs must first check and verify the business category, determine the applicant's eligibility to deal with prescription drugs and non-prescription drugs, b non-prescription drugs, and specify the scope of business, and then check and verify the specific scope of business.

The approval of toxic drugs for medical use, narcotic drugs, psychotropic drugs, radiopharmaceuticals and prophylactic biological products shall be carried out in accordance with the national regulations on the management of special drugs and the management of prophylactic biological products.

References:

Phoenix Finance - online store selling herbs, legal? |Pharmaceuticals|Chinese Medicine

Baidu Encyclopedia - E-Commerce Law of the People's Republic of China