Not seriously preparing cosmetic declaration documents
Looking around some cosmetic stores in Hanoi, reporters easily came across famous cosmetic brands such as Lancome, Chanel, M.A.C lipstick, Byphasse Solution Micellaire makeup remover... but the selling prices were surprisingly cheap, many times cheaper than genuine products. At Dong Xuan market (Hanoi), each cosmetic stall with a variety of foreign brands was sold at prices ranging from a few tens of thousands to a few hundred thousand VND/product.
"This M.A.C lipstick is sold in many places for 300,000 - 700,000 VND, but because I have a source of cheap sale goods, I only sell it for 150,000 VND. The quality is the same," a cosmetics seller on Cau Giay street told reporters.
Meanwhile, on social networks, cosmetic products from Korea, Japan, France, etc. are advertised and sold everywhere. Buyers only know that these are “hand-carried” goods, but do not know whether they have import labels or sales invoices.
Regarding cosmetic management, the authorities have also continuously sanctioned violators, revoked declaration papers, and recalled products... For example, the Drug Administration - Ministry of Health has just revoked 11 cosmetic product declaration receipt numbers issued by the Drug Administration for cosmetic products of LUPACELL International Cosmetic Pharmaceutical Joint Stock Company (Address: A01-L65, Area A, Duong Noi Urban Area, Duong Noi Ward, Ha Dong District, Hanoi). The reason for the recall given by the Drug Administration is that this enterprise has dishonestly declared the contents in the cosmetic product declaration form.
Speaking with Lao Dong reporter, Mr. Ta Manh Hung - Deputy Director of the Department of Drug Administration, Ministry of Health - said that currently, there are still some establishments producing and trading cosmetics with addresses that are not consistent with the declared address; changing production and trading locations without reporting to the management agency as prescribed; not fully complying with the conditions for producing cosmetics; producing and trading cosmetics that do not meet quality standards, cosmetics that have not been granted a receipt number for the Declaration Form by the competent State management agency as prescribed; some cosmetic products have features and uses that are misleading as drugs.
Strengthen inspection and control work
Mr. Hung said that recently, the Drug Administration - Ministry of Health has requested the Department of Health of provinces and centrally-run cities to strengthen inspection and examination of the implementation of legal regulations on cosmetics management for cosmetics manufacturing and trading enterprises in the area.
It is necessary to proactively coordinate closely with the local Steering Committee 389, the Market Management Department and relevant functional agencies in the area, focusing on inspecting the production and trading of cosmetics on e-commerce trading floors and social networks Facebook, TikTok, Zalo, YouTube... to promptly detect and handle illegal production and trading of cosmetics, fake cosmetics, cosmetics in circulation that have not been granted a receipt number for the Declaration Form, cosmetics of unknown origin; advertising cosmetics with features and uses that exceed the inherent features and nature of the product, not consistent with the announced features and uses of the product; At the same time, strictly punish organizations and individuals who violate the production and trading of cosmetics according to current regulations. Recall and destroy all types of fake cosmetics, cosmetics of unknown origin, cosmetics that do not meet quality standards and are unsafe for users.
