Peak of anti-counterfeit goods
The Ministry of Agriculture and Environment issued a Peak Plan to strengthen the fight against trade, trade fraud, and counterfeit goods in the new situation within the scope of the Ministry's tasks.
The scope is products and goods under the state management of the Ministry of Agriculture and the environment, in which the focus of food safety inspection, fake, toxic food, unknown origin; Forest products, fisheries; Producing and trading plant varieties, animals, fertilizers, fake plant protection drugs; The use of growth stimulants for fruit products; The use of excessive chemicals to increase weight, prevent dehydration after defrosting to deceive volume and reduce quality.
Deploying in key localities with complicated developments, key inspection incidents often occur.
The plan sets out the inspection of the implementation of local agricultural and environmental authorities on the work of preventing trade, trade fraud, counterfeit goods, and infringements of intellectual property rights related to inspection content and individuals, production and business organizations, import and export of forest products, seafood, production and trading of plant varieties, farming materials, fertilizers, and fake food safety drugs.
Time: Peak period from May 15, 2025 to June 15, 2025.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Environment assigns specific tasks to each unit, in which the Department of Quality, Processing and Market Development is responsible for planning and organizing inspections and inspections of food safety, strictly handling acts of trading in counterfeit, harmful, and unknown foods; the use of excessive chemicals to increase weight, prevent water loss after defrosting to deceive about the volume, reduce quality in aquatic products.
The Department of Crop Production and Plant Protection is responsible for focusing on inspecting the production and sale of plant varieties, fertilizers, and fake food preservatives; controlling the use of growth stimulants for fruit; Using banned chemicals, outside the list (focusing on the Golden O substance in durian).
The Department of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Inspection inspects import, temporarily approves the reproduction of meat, poultry by-products and products from poultry for food and feed; the trade of livestock and poultry at border gates; the production and trading of livestock breeds, animal feed, fake veterinary medicines; the use of excessive chemicals to increase weight, prevent water loss after defrostment to deceive about the volume and reduce the quality of domestic products.
Establishing a Working Group to prevent smuggling and trade fraud
Minister of Agriculture and Environment Do Duc Duy also signed and issued a Decision to establish a Working Group on the peak of the fight to prevent and repel smuggling, trade fraud, counterfeit goods, and infringement of intellectual property rights.
According to the decision, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Environment Tran Thanh Nam is the Head of the Working Group. The Deputy Head of the Department of Quality, Processing and Market Development.
The working group is responsible for directing, inspecting, and urging agencies, units, and localities in implementing and implementing the Peak Plan to fight against the situation of smuggling, trade fraud, counterfeit goods, and infringement of intellectual property rights of the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment.
At the same time, direct the inspection and recommendation of handling of violations in the production and trading of smuggled goods, trade fraud, counterfeit goods, poor quality goods, goods violating intellectual property rights in the fields of agriculture and environment.
In addition, the Group has the right to request agencies, units and localities: Providing information on the situation and results of combating smuggling, trade fraud and counterfeit goods in the area and field of management; documents on violations when necessary; synthesizing difficulties, problems, problems and recommendations and proposals in combating smuggling, trade fraud, counterfeit goods, and violations of intellectual property rights...
