Among the Chinese living in Australia, whether they are foreign students or long-term immigrants, it is no exaggeration that eight of the 10 people have worked as purchasing agents.
Taking advantage of their own advantages of living in Australia, purchasing agents often help relatives and friends at home to buy something they can't buy at home.
From food, health products, milk powder, mother-to-child products and even medicines to clothing, shoes, bags, cosmetics and even household appliances and all kinds of household goods.
The categories covered can basically be summed up in the following eight words: as long as you want, as long as I have!
Doing so can help relatives and friends at home to seek welfare, and can earn a little extra money in their spare time. If you kill two things with one stone, why don't you do it?
But many part-time or even professional purchasing agents do not know that one of the things you are buying by agents is actually suspected to be illegal!
This is the medicine in the pharmacy!
Note that this drug refers not to most of the health products that are purchased by agents, but to drugs that can really play a therapeutic role.
For example, the Australian purchasing community is almost always familiar with Prospan small green leaf cough syrup.
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As well as some must be available in the prescription window, such as scar cream.
Exhaust oil pill, etc.
The sale of these prescription and therapeutic sexual drup products will be treated according to the sale of counterfeit drugs once investigated.
Of course, you must feel wronged to see this place! They sell the genuine products in the pharmacy, how can it be counted as selling fake drugs?
According to the provisions of Article 48 of the Drug Administration Law of our country:
Production without approval, import and sales, all according to fake drugs.
In other words, even if the drug is really bought in foreign pharmacies, it has become a fake drug sold in our country.
If you are skeptical, the personal experience of this purchasing agent should be enough to attract attention.
The legal Network reported a message like this:
Starting in 2015, Ms. Lin began sending friends from Japan and the United States to buy mother-and-child supplies from Japan and the United States, and then sell them in her mother-to-child store.
The imports were very attractive to the mother who came to buy things, so she began to pay more attention to their needs and gradually began to sell some medicines for children with colds and fever.
In addition to selling in the store, to expand her customers, she also began to advertise in social app, more and more guests, business is booming.
(screenshot of mother-to-child purchasing agents in moments)
However, in a surprise inspection by relevant departments, inspectors found that Ms. Lin's mother-to-child store did not have the qualifications for drug management, nor did she have the formalities of importing drugs. All the imported drugs she sold were identified as "fake drugs."
Ms Lin defended herself by saying that she did not sell fake drugs, but that her friends had bought them in formal channels and had small tickets. And their own children are using, absolutely no problem.
But prosecutors in charge of the case say the truth or falsehood of imported drugs is not the drug itself, but whether or not it has obtained the Import Drug Registration Certificate.
According to the provisions of the Drug Administration Law of our country, the drug import must be examined by the drug supervision and administration department under the State Council. Drugs that have passed the examination will be approved for import and issued the Certificate of Registration of imported drugs.
Import without approval, all according to fake drugs!
Therefore, even if the "real medicine" in foreign formal pharmacies, as long as no import formalities will be considered as "fake drugs."
Once deemed to be selling counterfeit drugs, the consequences are likely to be quite serious-according to the relevant provisions of the Amendment to the Criminal Law of our country, the maximum penalty for counterfeiting is imprisonment of not less than 10 years, life imprisonment and even the death penalty.
To say that Mrs. Lin was wronged, she was not wronged, because her ignorance led her to face such a result now.
Therefore, the editor would also like to advise friends who often purchase drugs on their behalf:
In line with the attitude of being responsible for yourself and others, you must think twice when purchasing again in the future.