MSG without clear origin is flooding the market

Phu Tho Provincial Police raided and seized fake MSG of unknown origin from Famimoto Vietnam Co., Ltd. on April 24.

Step up the crackdown on goods of unknown origin

Recently, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired a meeting with relevant ministries and agencies on the fight against smuggling, trade fraud, production and circulation of counterfeit goods, fake goods, goods of unknown origin, and violations of intellectual property rights.

Accordingly, the Prime Minister requested to resolutely fight to prevent, repel and eventually end this situation, first of all launching a peak attack nationwide, within 1 month from May 15 to June 15, to protect the legitimate rights and interests of people and businesses, contributing to serving social and economic development, promoting growth, ensuring security and safety, taking care of people's health and lives.

Recently, a series of serious cases related to counterfeit goods and goods of unknown origin in many industries have been prosecuted, including food, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, etc. Among them, the Phu Tho Provincial Police dismantled a production line of thousands of tons of fake, poor quality, and unknown origin monosodium glutamate (MSG) of the Company Limited. Famimoto Vietnam April 24

Nearly 30 MSG labels with unknown origin on the market

In addition to the types of MSG that have been recently processed, there are still nearly 30 types of MSG on the market without clear origin or source, mixed, divided, decanted, repackaged and sold widely by organizations and individuals, not only in markets and grocery stores, but also in large supermarkets nationwide.

According to a preliminary survey and based on information on the packaging of nearly 30 types of MSG of unknown origin, which were divided, repackaged and sold on the market by organizations and individuals, this type of MSG is currently being divided, repackaged and repackaged by organizations and individuals in 9 provinces and cities and sold nationwide including: Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Da Nang, Vinh Phuc, Gia Lai, An Giang, Quang Tri, Binh Dinh, Binh Duong.

Impact on consumer and business interests

Lack of transparency in product information causes consumer It is easy to mistake these as MSG products manufactured directly in Vietnam. Using these types of MSG for a long time will pose many potential health risks to consumers, not to mention if there is a risk in use, it is difficult to have a basis for complaint.

Not only consumers, the widespread sale of MSG in divided and repackaged form also significantly affects legitimate businesses.

While businesses that divide and repackage only need to import MSG from sources of unknown origin, then mix, divide, repackage and then put it on the market, without needing to invest much in infrastructure but only equipping simple packaging equipment, legitimate businesses must invest significantly in building factories, purchasing machinery and equipment, using domestic agricultural raw materials... to produce MSG directly in Vietnam.

This leads to a reduction in the competitive advantage of domestic MSG producers. Furthermore, when the import tax rate on MSG from Southeast Asian countries and China to Vietnam is zero, the units importing MSG for distribution and repackaging do not have to pay import tax, leading to many consequences for the domestic economy.

With the upcoming campaign and strong involvement of the Government, it is hoped that not only MSG but all products with unknown origins will soon be handled, contributing to purifying the market and ensuring the rights of consumers and businesses.

Meanwhile, consumers can protect themselves and their families by carefully checking product information before purchasing to avoid buying repackaged, unlabeled items of unknown origin.

The back of the MSG packaging is divided and repackaged.

The back of the packaging of portioned and repackaged MSG products usually has the following information printed on it: Packed at, or Packing facility, or Mixed at, or Finished at…

Back of MSG packaging produced directly in Vietnam.

For MSG products manufactured directly in Vietnam, the back of the packaging only shows one of the following information: Origin: Vietnam, or Made in: Company name and address in Vietnam.

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