Close-up of thousands of discarded functional food products in Ho Chi Minh City

According to the reality recorded by SGGP Newspaper reporters, there are dozens of health food brands that are being dumped such as: Entero Bifina, bird's nest colostrum, Pediababy, Jollivit, Arginin, Pharvita plus... In addition, there are also a number of Eurocare medicine blisters (a type of cough medicine).

According to the information on the box, these dietary supplements are manufactured by MEDIUSA Pharmaceutical Joint Stock Company (Lot CN A5, Phu Nghia Industrial Park, Chuong My District, Hanoi ); the traders responsible for the products are MEDIUSA Pharmaceutical Joint Stock Company (Dai Kim Ward, Hoang Mai District, Hanoi), MEDIPHAR Joint Venture Pharmaceutical Joint Stock Company (Phu Nghia Industrial Park, Chuong My District, Hanoi).

The target users of the products include children, people with physical weakness, pregnant women, breastfeeding women... In addition, there are also products for children to eat well, sleep well...

Most of the products above have an expiration date of 2027 or 2028. Many products still have warranty stamps and QR codes, and even have the words "brand recommended by doctors and pharmacists".

MEDIUSA Pharmaceutical Joint Stock Company and MEDIPHAR Joint Venture Pharmaceutical Joint Stock Company are companies in a chain of manufacturing and trading hundreds of tons of fake dietary supplements, which was recently busted by the police last May. Mr. Nguyen Thanh Phong, former Director of the Department of Food Safety ( Ministry of Health ), was accused of accepting bribes and assisting the subjects in this chain.

Currently, SGGP Newspaper reporter has transferred the incident information to the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Food Safety.