On the afternoon of June 20, the Department of Food Safety ( Ministry of Health ) sent an official dispatch to the Department of Health of provinces and centrally-run cities; the Department of Food Safety of Ho Chi Minh City; the Food Safety Management Board of Da Nang City; and the Food Safety and Hygiene Sub-Departments of provinces and cities requesting to review, inspect and recall all counterfeit Hai Be Delicious Syrup products currently on the market.
Along with that, the Department also requested relevant units to coordinate with the Investigation Police Agency of Ninh Binh Provincial Police to handle and resolve according to the provisions of law.
This move was made by the Food Safety Department after the appraisal results determined that the content of key substances in the product such as vitamin A, vitamin C and calcium were all below 70% of the announced amount.
Previously, on the evening of June 17, the Department issued a warning to people not to use Hai Be Appetite Syrup while authorities were verifying the incident.
On June 14, the Investigation Police Agency of Ninh Binh Province Police issued a Decision to initiate criminal proceedings and a Decision to prosecute Tran Dai Phuc, Director of Hai Be Company Limited (in Ninh Binh) and Le Van Hai (owner of the Tiktok social network account "Gia Dinh Hai Sen"), co-founder of the Company.
Previously, through the work of monitoring the situation on cyberspace, the police discovered that the TikTok social network account “Gia dinh Hai Sen” of Le Van Hai regularly posted videos selling cosmetics and functional foods. Among them, there was the health protection food “Hai Be Delicious Syrup” which received many negative feedbacks from consumers about the product quality.
The police stepped in and conducted an inspection of Hai Be Company Limited (headquartered in Thanh Tay village, Van Phu commune, Nho Quan district). The authorities discovered and seized cosmetics and functional foods without full invoices and documents proving their origin.
The appraisal results for the quality indicators of the health protection food product Hai Be Delicious Syrup determined: substances including Vitamin A, calcium, Vitamin C (the main substances that create the product's effects) only reached less than 70% compared to the announcement.
According to the police, from 2024 to present, Hai Be Company Limited has sold more than 800,000 products through social networking platforms TikTok shop, Facebook, Shopee “Gia dinh Hai Sen”, “Hai Sen”. Particularly, the product “Hai Be delicious syrup” sold to the market with a quantity of over 100,000 product boxes.
Source: https://nhandan.vn/thu-hoi-siro-an-ngon-hai-be-la-hang-gia-tren-toan-quoc-post888455.html
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