On July 31, the survey delegation of the National Assembly's Committee on Culture and Society, led by Chairman Nguyen Dac Vinh, worked with the Hanoi Center for Drug, Cosmetic and Food Testing on the implementation of policies and laws on preventing and combating counterfeit drugs and fake food.
At the meeting, Deputy Director of the Hanoi Drug, Cosmetic and Food Testing Center Nguyen Thanh Dat said that the funding for the center's operations is mainly provided by the budget, in addition to service revenue, but it is still low; the facilities are old, many items and equipment are degraded and damaged, not ensuring the implementation of professional work. The center has not yet invested in software for testing, so it faces difficulties in sample management, data connection between specialized departments and functional rooms.
Mr. Nguyen Thanh Dat also made many recommendations to improve policies and laws in the fields of pharmaceuticals, food safety and in the organization and implementation of state management of pharmaceuticals and food safety. That is to add specific regulations on quality standards (minimum indicators, required limits of indicators, testing methods, periodic updates of quality standards, etc.) for food products that must register product declarations and have a mechanism to share information on quality standards of registered/declared products from management and licensing agencies to the testing system, etc.
The Committee on Culture and Society and the Committee on Science , Technology and Environment will coordinate to organize a session to explain the prevention of counterfeit drugs and fake foods.
Chairman of the Committee for Culture and Social Affairs Nguyen Dac Vinh
Concluding the working session, Chairman of the Committee on Culture and Society Nguyen Dac Vinh acknowledged the information and recommendations of the Center for Testing Drugs, Cosmetics and Food, considering this an important practical basis for the upcoming explanation session jointly organized by the Committee on Culture and Society and the Committee on Science, Technology and Environment on the implementation of policies and laws on the prevention and control of counterfeit drugs and fake foods. The explanation session aims to contribute to enhancing the state management responsibilities of ministries, branches, localities and relevant agencies in the management of drug quality and food safety.
Hanoi Drug, Cosmetic and Food Testing Center is a grade II public health service unit, under the Hanoi Department of Health; its function is to advise and support the Director of the Department of Health in inspecting, supervising and managing the quality of drugs, cosmetics and foods that directly affect human health produced and circulated in Hanoi city, and at the same time, carry out the task of centralized drug procurement at the local level.
Source: https://www.sggp.org.vn/nhieu-kho-khan-trong-kiem-nghiem-thuoc-my-pham-thuc-pham-post806292.html
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