Set up a hotline to prevent counterfeit goods

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After 3 weeks of launching a peak campaign to prevent and repel smuggling, trade fraud, counterfeit goods, and intellectual property infringement, the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health handled 41 establishments.

Ho Chi Minh City fined nearly 2.3 billion VND after 3 weeks of launching

On June 7, the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health announced that after 3 weeks of launching a peak campaign to prevent and repel smuggling, trade fraud, counterfeit goods, and intellectual property infringement, some initial remarkable results have been achieved.

Specifically, the Department of Health inspected 111 establishments, including 8 cosmetic establishments, 63 pharmaceutical establishments, 21 medical equipment establishments, and 19 medical examination and treatment establishments.

41 establishments were handled with a total fine of nearly 2.3 billion VND; more than 39 million VND worth of violated exhibits (cosmetics) were required to be returned; 122 self-declaration forms for medical equipment classified AB in violation of regulations were issued; and a number of violations were transferred to the investigation agency for handling.

In addition, from May 31 to June 6, the District Health Department of Thu Duc City inspected 202 medical and pharmaceutical establishments under its management; handled 8 establishments with a total fine of 133.5 million VND.

Through inspection, common violations were recorded:

In the pharmaceutical sector , establishments trading in drugs of unknown origin, without invoices or documents; without a certificate of eligibility for pharmaceutical business or trading in drugs outside the scope granted in the Certificate of Eligibility for Pharmaceutical Business; buying and selling drugs with establishments without a Certificate of Eligibility for Pharmaceutical Business.

In the field of cosmetics, establishments advertising cosmetics without a Certificate of Advertising Content from the Department of Health; providing information, advertising, marketing, consulting, labeling, and instructions for using cosmetics that make consumers misunderstand those products as drugs; producing cosmetics with formulas that are not in accordance with the cosmetic declaration dossier.

In the field of medical equipment, medical equipment classification facilities do not rely on classification rules on risk levels; documents in the dossier announcing standards applicable to medical equipment of types A and B do not ensure legality according to the provisions of law; do not maintain the validity of circulation certificates, authorization papers, and certificates of warranty eligibility during the period of validity of the circulation number according to the provisions of law.

According to the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health, in the coming time, the fight against counterfeit goods and trade fraud is identified by the city's health sector as an important, regular, continuous and long-term task. The Department of Health will continue to strengthen inspection, supervision and post-inspection, especially continuing to organize peak periods of surprise inspections and thematic inspections to push back crimes of production and trading of counterfeit goods and poor quality goods in the fields of pharmaceuticals, cosmetics and medical equipment to ensure people's health.

The Department of Health has set up a hotline at 0989401155 and the " Online Health " application to receive people's feedback and handle cases of production, business and advertising that do not comply with regulations. Timely feedback to the authorities will help prevent counterfeit, fake and substandard goods from circulating, reducing the risk of spreading.

2024: Ho Chi Minh City fined 147 establishments with a total amount of more than 7 billion VND

In 2024, the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health inspected 174 drug wholesalers and 344 drug retailers, 40 wholesale and retail establishments of medicinal herbs, issued 151 decisions on administrative sanctions in the health sector, and sanctioned 147 establishments with a total fine of more than 7 billion VND.

The Health Department of districts, towns and Thu Duc City also inspected 6,750 drug retail establishments in the area.

The City's Drug, Food and Cosmetic Testing Center has taken samples to test the quality of 413 drug samples at 149 facilities, and the results show that 15 samples do not meet quality standards.

Particularly, 28 establishments were fined for cosmetic advertising with a total fine of more than 2 billion VND.

Nguyen Tran

Source: https://baochinhphu.vn/tphcm-lap-duong-day-nong-de-ngan-chan-hang-gian-hang-gia-101250608165539375.htm