Hung Yen Provincial Police have just dismantled a particularly large-scale production and consumption ring of fake oil, with the amount of counterfeit goods reaching tens of thousands of tons. To cover the eyes of the authorities, the team of plotters designed an underground pipeline system, pumping raw materials for livestock and seafood into fuel tanks, then labeling Ofood - a brand of Nhat Minh Food Production and Import-Export Company Limited.
Discussing this issue with Lao Dong Newspaper, a representative of the Ministry of Industry and Trade said that the Ministry of Industry and Trade will continue to direct the Departments of Industry and Trade, coordinate with the People's Committees of provinces and centrally run cities to direct local functional units to conduct extensive inspections of cooking oil production facilities. Especially small establishments, establishments that do not have a certificate of food safety eligibility, establishments subject to exemption from the certificate of food safety eligibility.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade also assigned the Domestic Market Management and Development Department to preside over and coordinate with: The Departments of Industry and Trade of provinces and centrally run cities urgently direct the Market Management Departments (QLTT) to closely monitor establishments producing, processing and trading cooking oil products nationwide.
Strengthen inspection, strictly handle violations and promptly report results and situations to the Ministry of Industry and Trade. Strictly handle violations, while strengthening propaganda to warn consumers and publicize violating brands and establishments.
Providing more information about the case of making cooking oil using animal feed, Mr. Tran Viet Hung - Head of the Market Management and Development Department, Domestic Market Management and Development Department, said that the Minister of Industry and Trade has directed the Departments and Departments to coordinate to have a direction for handling. Currently, the police are also investigating.
"The investigation agency will clarify which industry and locality is responsible. We have decentralized and issued certificates of food safety eligibility by the locality, as well as food oils that are self-declared for quality" - Mr. Hung emphasized.
Currently, the Investigation Police Agency of Hung Yen Province Police is investigating a criminal case of Producing and trading counterfeit food, foodstuffs, and food additives at the factory of Nhat Minh Food Import-Export Production and Export Company Limited (Nhat Minh Food Company) in Pho Noi A Industrial Park (Van Lam).
During the investigation, the police determined that from the beginning of 2022 to May 2025, Nhat Minh Company had produced refined vegetable oils with the brand name Ofood Cooking Oil; soybean oils with the brand name Ofood.
The above brands are poor quality goods, counterfeit goods. However, these products are distributed to many provinces and cities across the country in large quantities.
