Request to remove information on unlicensed functional foods

The Department of Food Safety, Ministry of Health has sent a document requesting the Department of Radio, Television and Electronic Information to remove information about Diet Minami food pills, Hitana Minami 12kg weight loss support tea product, and 15kg weight loss product belonging to the group of functional foods and handle them according to the provisions of law.

Advertisement image of 15kg weight loss pills on Lazada. (Photo: VFA)

On November 13, the Department of Food Safety ( Ministry of Health ) sent a document to the Department of Radio, Television and Electronic Information (Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism) regarding the management of food business on e-commerce.

According to the Department of Food Safety, through post-inspection on the implementation of regulations on registration of declarations and self-declarations, production and trading of functional foods, the Department of Food Safety discovered that Diet Minami food pill products, Hitana Minami 12kg weight loss support tea products, 15kg weight loss products belonging to the group of functional foods are being advertised and traded on social platforms (tiktok) without being granted a Certificate of Product Declaration Registration, specifically:

Diet Minami pill product (https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSH3LjJ57G2En-yC3BW/); Hitana Minami 12kg weight loss support tea product (https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSH3LjY6hgbJA-i01fC/); 15kg weight loss product (https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSH3LjexaR9aP-r2q4V/).

The above products are also being advertised and sold on e-commerce platforms (Shopee, Lazada), with the information of Certificate of Product Declaration Registration No. 5438/2024/DKSP dated July 12, 2024 for the product Minami 12kg Weight Loss to reduce belly fat, through searching the data on the issuance of Certificate of Product Declaration Registration, the Department of Food Safety did not issue Certificate of Product Declaration Registration No. 5438/2024/DKSP dated July 12, 2024 for the above product.

Therefore, to strengthen the management of functional food business on e-commerce, the Food Safety Department requests that the Department remove information on the above products and handle them according to the provisions of law (if any).

Regarding the 15kg Weight Loss Pills product, also on November 13, the Department of Food Safety sent a document to Lazada Vietnam E-commerce Company Limited (Address: T19, Tower 2, Saigon Center Building, 67 Le Loi, Ho Chi Minh City) stating that through post-inspection on the implementation of regulations on registration of declarations and self-declaration, production and trading of functional foods, the Department of Food Safety discovered that the 15kg Weight Loss Pills food product belongs to the group of functional foods being advertised and traded on the e-commerce platform (Lazada) without being granted a Certificate of Registration of Product Declaration, specifically:

Product 15kg weight loss pills (https://www.lazada.vn/products/pdp-i2911270137-s14068023386.html).

The above product is also being advertised and sold on the e-commerce platform (Shopee), with the information of Certificate of Product Declaration Registration No. 5438/2024/DKSP dated July 12, 2024 for the product Minami 12kg Weight Loss to reduce belly fat, through searching the data on the issuance of Certificate of Product Declaration Registration, the Department of Food Safety did not issue Certificate of Product Declaration Registration No. 5438/2024/DKSP dated July 12, 2024 for the above product.

The Food Safety Department requires the company to urgently review the business and electronic transactions of functional food products, and only trade functional food products that have been granted a Certificate of Product Declaration Registration by a competent state management agency or have been announced on the Food Safety Updated Data Information System according to regulations.

At the same time, immediately stop selling and remove information about the 15kg weight loss pill product mentioned above.

Seriously implement Official Dispatches No. 2791/ATTP-SP dated November 4, 2024, Official Dispatch No. 3287/ATTP-SP dated December 30, 2024, Official Dispatch No. 77/ATTP-SP dated January 15, 2025, Official Dispatch No. 950/ATTP-SP dated May 5, 2025, Official Dispatch No. 1051/ATTP-SP dated May 20, 2025 and Official Dispatch No. 1111/ATTP-SP dated May 27, 2025 of the Department of Food Safety.

The Department requested the company to report the results in writing to the Department of Food Safety - Ministry of Health .

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