China’s vaccine scandal has fuelled fear over the safety of medicine

 File image of a child reacting to a vaccine shot at a health station in Quzhou county,Hebei, China, (AAP)

File image of a child reacting to a vaccine shot at a health station in Quzhou county,Hebei, China, (AAP) Source: AAP

Last weekend, regulators in China said that they had halted production of a rabies vaccine at a large pharmaceutical company in Changchun after finding fabricated records and other problems during an inspection.

It was just the latest in a series of health and safety scandals which have fuelled fear over the safety of basic food and medicine.
Illegal vaccines pose a huge problem in China
Illegal vaccines pose a huge problem in China Source: AAP-Lukas Coch.jpg
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