Nationwide inspection, rectification of food advertising violations

The Food Safety Department (Ministry of Health) has just proposed to inspect and post-inspecte the advertising of food and functional foods on social networks, e-commerce sites..., nationwide.

It is recommended that localities strengthen inspection and post-inspection of advertising of food and functional foods on media, social networks, e-commerce sites, e-commerce platforms, and strictly handle related violations.

Publicly disclose and warn about violating links and addresses so that consumers avoid buying and using food and functional food products on those links and addresses, to avoid affecting health and economy .

That is the proposal of the Department of Food Safety ( Ministry of Health ) in the official dispatch signed by Director Tran Viet Nga issued today, May 6, sent to the Department of Health of provinces and cities; Department of Food Safety of Ho Chi Minh City; Food Safety Management Board of Da Nang City and food safety and hygiene departments of provinces and cities across the country.

The Food Safety Department proposed to conduct nationwide inspection and post-inspection of food and functional food advertising on social networks and e-commerce sites.

PHOTO: DEPARTMENT OF FOOD SAFETY

In cases where the subject of the advertising violation cannot be identified, the Food Safety Department recommends that the above units coordinate with the relevant authorities: Department of Science and Technology, Department of Culture - Sports and Tourism of the locality, or Department of Radio, Television and Electronic Information (Ministry of Culture - Sports and Tourism) - the agency managing social networking sites and websites; Department of E-commerce ( Ministry of Industry and Trade ) - the agency managing e-commerce sites and e-commerce platforms, to identify the subject and handle it according to current regulations.

According to Mr. Chu Quoc Thinh, Deputy Director of the Department of Food Safety, recently, 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 a number of health protection food products advertised and traded on e-commerce platforms without being granted a certificate of product declaration registration. Among them, there are tea products that are advertised with exaggerated effects of eliminating malignant tumors, benign tumors, and treating cancer.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/kiem-tra-toan-quoc-chan-chinh-vi-pham-quang-cao-thuc-pham-185250506183218552.htm