China orders recall from overseas as vaccine scandal churns.

BEIJING» Investigators in China have begun recalling defective vaccines produced by a Chinese drugmaker from domestic and overseas markets, health authorities said.

Investigators found that Changchun Changsheng Life Sciences Ltd. had blended expired fluids in its vaccines and falsified records from as early as April 2014, the National Health Commission said Tuesday in a statement.

The names of the overseas countries were not given, but the recall indicated the scandal gripping China may have spread to foreign markets — dealing a potentially heavy blow to the reputation of China’s sprawling pharmaceutical sector.