Shopee and Lazada were asked to remove a series of unlicensed functional foods.

The Food Safety Department ( Ministry of Health ) has just issued an official document requesting the two leading e-commerce platforms in Vietnam, Shopee and Lazada, to immediately stop trading and remove a series of unlicensed functional food products.

According to information from Mr. Chu Quoc Thinh, Deputy Director of the Department of Food Safety, through post-inspection of registration of declarations, self-declarations, production and trading of functional foods, the management agency discovered many products belonging to the group of health protection foods being advertised and sold on Lazada and Shopee without being granted a Certificate of Acceptance of Product Declaration Registration.

Specifically, the violating products include Omega 3-6-9 1,600 mg, Natto Kinase 4,000 fu, Estroven – Complete Multi – Sympton, Kirkland Glucosamine 1,500 mg & Chondroitin 1,200 mg, and Glucosamine 1,500 mg With MSM 1,500 mg.

It is very easy for consumers to buy functional foods online.

In a document sent to Shopee Company Limited and Lazada Vietnam E-commerce Company Limited, the Food Safety Department requested these two businesses to seriously strengthen the management of functional food products on their platforms.

The Food Safety Department also requested that companies urgently review the business and electronic transactions of functional food products. As required, e-commerce platforms are only allowed to trade in 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 Data Information System in accordance with regulations.

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Source: https://baobariavungtau.com.vn/kinh-te/202505/shopee-lazada-bi-yeu-cau-go-loat-thuc-pham-chuc-nang-chua-cap-phep-1043677/