The Ministry of Health requests urgent inspection of Quang Linh Vlogs' Kera vegetable candy
The Food Safety Department has issued an official dispatch requesting the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Food Safety to urgently inspect the operations of Chi Em rot Group Joint Stock Company (located in Ho Chi Minh City) regarding the conditions for production, announcement, and advertising of Kera vegetable candy products and strictly handle violations (if any) in accordance with the provisions of law and at the same time announce the inspection results on the media.
At the same time, there is an official dispatch requesting the Dak Lak Department of Health to urgently direct the inspection of ASIA LIFE Joint Stock Company (located in Dak Lak province) regarding compliance with conditions during the production process for Kera vegetable candy products; whether the production of vegetable candy on the licensed production lines is in accordance with regulations and strictly handle violations (if any) in accordance with the provisions of law and at the same time announce the results on mass media. See more
Handling violations of advertising green vegetable replacement foods
The Kera vegetable candy product advertised on social networking platforms shows signs of violating food advertising, causing public outrage.
The online community is fiercely controversial regarding the quality and advertising of Kera vegetable candy products on livestream sessions (live broadcast) of social media accounts Hang Du acc and Quang Linh Vlogs. The product is a combination between Chi Em rot Group Joint Stock Company and the girl "Ken Rau" - Miss Nguyen Thuc Thuy Tien.
Regarding this issue, on March 6, the Department of Food Safety also sent a document to the Institute of Nutrition to provide research information related to the need for human fiber.
The Food Safety Department said that recently, on social platforms, there was a problem of providing fiber to the human body through fiber-based candy products, which has stirred up public opinion about the concept of only using fiber through dietary supplements without or limiting the use of fiber from green vegetable products and other foods.
The Director of the Department of Food Safety requested the Nutrition Institute to speak on mass media about the need for fiber for the body so that people can understand and use it correctly.
Regarding some celebrities and influential people in society, people advertising Kera vegetable candy products violated regulations on some websites, Facebook, Tiktok...
The Food Safety Department has also sent an official dispatch to the Department of Radio, Television and Electronic Information & the Department of Culture - Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism requesting coordination in checking information and handling violations so that the law is strictly enforced, promptly preventing violations of food advertising.
Warning about diabetes complications in young people
On March 6, Hoan My Cuu Long Hospital announced that it had just successfully treated a 25-year-old female patient with severe complications of type 2 diabetes.
The patient, Ms. N.T.B (25 years old, address in Hau Giang province) was taken to Hoan My Cuu Long Hospital (Can Tho City) for emergency treatment with symptoms of abdominal pain, vomiting, fatigue, thirst, frequent urination, and perception disorders. The family said that in the past month, she had lost 10kg abnormally. These are typical signs of severe diabetes.
After examination and necessary tests, the doctor diagnosed the patient with type 2 diabetes with early symptoms, accompanied by complications of ketoacidosis (a dangerous condition due to severe insulin deficiency), acute kidney failure and pneumonia. See more
