Guilty producers will be publicly named and shamed and may be prosecuted

A regulation on the management of a drug safety blacklist will take effect on Oct 1, the State Food and Drug Administration said on Sunday.

The new regulation stipulates that people who produce drugs illegally, who seriously violated regulations on drugs and medical devices and who were subject to administrative punishment will be blacklisted and named on an official government website so they can be supervised by the public, the administration said.