<p>Maybe 召回 fits your purpose:</p>

<p>含有苯丙醇胺成分的药品都被召回了。
Drugs containing phenylpropanolamine are being recalled.</p>

<p>回收 has a meaning 'recycle', which is not what you are doing with the disqualified drugs.</p>

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Pedroski
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  <p>你知道政府每年收回多少藥品嗎？</p>
</blockquote>

<p>It is acceptable to use either 收回 or 回收 when you use it as a verb for " recall" like your third example sentence</p>

<p>If you meant to say "revoke" like your second example sentence <em>"上海市食品药品监督管理局收回(revoke) 药品GMP证书公告"</em>, then you can only use 收回 because 回收 doesn't contain this meaning </p>

<ul>
<li><p>收回= (v) take back/ recall/ revoke</p></li>
<li><p>回收=  (v) recall/ retrieve ; (adj) recalled</p></li>
</ul>

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  <p>If you wrote "你知道政府每年销毁多少<strong>回收藥品</strong>嗎？" , "回收" would be an adjective, and it shouldn't be replaced by "收回"</p>
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Tang Ho
<p>From pleco I see that both 回收 and 收回  might be appropriate. Using google I found:</p>
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<p>過期藥品回收站 this seems to be the place to give back expired medicine</p>
<p>上海市食品药品监督管理局收回药品GMP证书公告</p>
</blockquote>
<p>If I understand correctly the second one is about recalling the permit for some medications. Should I use the second one, when referring to medicine that doctors are no longer allowed to prescribe?</p>
<p>Should I write:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>你知道政府每年收回多少藥品嗎？</p>
</blockquote>

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Taking medicine off the shelves
# Taking medicine off the shelves

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-06-09)

From pleco I see that both 回收 and 收回 might be appropriate. Using google I found:

> 過期藥品回收站 this seems to be the place to give back expired medicine
>
> 上海市食品药品监督管理局收回药品GMP证书公告

If I understand correctly the second one is about recalling the permit for some medications. Should I use the second one, when referring to medicine that doctors are no longer allowed to prescribe?

Should I write:

> 你知道政府每年收回多少藥品嗎？

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2018-06-10. Score: 1

Maybe 召回 fits your purpose:

含有苯丙醇胺成分的药品都被召回了。
Drugs containing phenylpropanolamine are being recalled.

回收 has a meaning 'recycle', which is not what you are doing with the disqualified drugs.


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### Answer by username_2 on 2018-06-09. Score: 1

> 你知道政府每年收回多少藥品嗎？

It is acceptable to use either 收回 or 回收 when you use it as a verb for " recall" like your third example sentence

If you meant to say "revoke" like your second example sentence *"上海市食品药品监督管理局收回(revoke) 药品GMP证书公告"*, then you can only use 收回 because 回收 doesn't contain this meaning

* 收回= (v) take back/ recall/ revoke
* 回收= (v) recall/ retrieve ; (adj) recalled

> If you wrote "你知道政府每年销毁多少**回收藥品**嗎？" , "回收" would be an adjective, and it shouldn't be replaced by "收回"


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