Implementing the direction of the Prime Minister at Capital No. 41/CD -TTg dated April 17, 2025 on handling the case of producing and trading fake goods as medicines, health protection food, Department of Food Safety (Food Safety) - Ministry of Health proposed to the Department of Health of the provinces and cities directly under the Central Government, Ho Chi Minh City Department of Food Safety, Da Nang Food Safety Management Board, Food Safety Departments, Safety Departments fake, poor quality.
Strengthen the management of self-declaration products, registration of publications according to instructions in Official Dispatch No. 2792/ATTP-SP of the Department of Food Safety; Proactively develop a post-inspection plan and implement post-inspection according to Official Dispatches No. 2792/ATTP-SP, 730/ATTP-PCCTr and 296/ATTP-PCCTr of the Department of Food Safety.
In addition, proactively coordinate with local authorities, increase propaganda to guide people to avoid buying fake or unissued health protection foods without a Certificate of Receipt for Construction Registration.
It emphasizes that health protection foods are not drugs, do not replace medicine; health protection foods must be granted a Certificate of receipt for product declaration registration.
Information to look up at: https://vfa.gov.vn and https://dichvucong.moh.gov.vn; Consumers need to carefully check product information on the label: name, date of manufacture, expiration date, ingredients, Uses, warnings, merchant addresses...
Instructions for distinguishing advertising violations (for example: advertising with a doctor, commitment to recover from illness, lack of warning lines...). Refer to the warning video on the website of the Department of Food Safety; Coordinate with the Department of Industry and Trade and relevant agencies to inspect, conduct post-inspections, promptly detect and handle counterfeit and poor quality products; Review e-commerce platforms, sales applications, websites... to remove unpublished products.
Coordinate with the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism to check and strictly handle illegal advertising on social networks.
The Ministry of Public Security has just dismantled a large-scale fake milk production ring with a revenue of nearly 500 billion VND at Rance Pharma International Pharma Joint Stock Company and Hacofood Group Nutrition Pharma Joint Stock Company.
This ring produces, trades, and consumes fake milk in large quantities in Hanoi and many provinces and cities across the country, causing people to be extremely concerned about the current widespread problem of food and health protection foods, with lax control.
