Online seller who secretly imported foot patches containing traditional Chinese medicine was sentenced to 50 days in prison

An online flapper imported 4,000 "Old Beijing Foot Patches" which were found to contain Chinese medicinal materials. (File photo)

A female starlet (pseudonym) in Miaoli, who runs an online auction house and earns a monthly net income of 100,000 to 200,000 yuan, imported 80 boxes (4,000 patches in total) of the popular product "Old Beijing Mugwort Foot Patches" from China last year. Unexpectedly, the foot patches contained platycodon, mugwort leaves and other Chinese medicinal ingredients, which are classified as drugs controlled by the Ministry of Health and Welfare according to law. Xiaoxing declared the import without authorization without inspection and registration. After hearing the case, the Miaoli District Court sentenced Xiaoxing to 50 days of detention for negligent importation of prohibited drugs, and all fines and footnotes were confiscated.

The judgment pointed out that Xiaoxing was engaged in the online auction service industry, with a self-reported monthly turnover of about 1 million yuan and a net profit of 100,000 to 200,000 yuan. Xiaoxing imported 80 boxes of "Old Beijing Mugwort Foot Patches" (50 patches per box) from China in June last year. Keelung Customs Office of the Ministry of Finance The officer found doubts during the inspection and sent a letter to the Ministry of Health and Welfare for confirmation. It was determined that the foot patch contained platycodon, mugwort leaves and other traditional Chinese medicine ingredients, and was directly attached to the skin of the soles of the feet. It should be classified as a drug. Since it has not been approved and issued with a license, it is a prohibited drug that cannot be imported without authorization according to law.

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Xiaoxing confessed to the crime during the trial. The judge considered that Xiaoxing should have checked and registered with the competent authority in advance when importing drugs from unknown sources, but he imported them without paying attention, jeopardizing the safety management of drugs. Considering that the batch of Tzu Tie was seized by customs as soon as it entered the country and did not enter the market, and Xiaoxing later confessed to the crime, taking into account his family situation, he was sentenced to 50 days of detention in accordance with the law. The whole case can be appealed.

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