In the past 3 years, there have been more than 200 product registration dossiers submitted by the two companies to the Department of Health of Vinh Phuc province - Photo: CHI TUE
Another "birthplace" of fake milk
The case of a large-scale fake milk production line that was recently dismantled by the Ministry of Public Security has received much public attention. The Ministry of Public Security announced that it is investigating a fake milk production line that has released 573 types of products to the market in 4 years, earning a profit of 500 billion VND.
Specifically, Rance Pharma International Pharmaceutical Joint Stock Company and Hacofood Group Pharmaceutical Nutrition Joint Stock Company produced and distributed products that did not meet quality standards. These two companies also established 9 subsidiaries in the "ecosystem" to register and self-declare products.
According to Tuoi Tre Online , the products that submitted registration and self-declaration documents are mainly in Hoa Binh, Hanoi and Vinh Phuc provinces. In Hoa Binh province, according to the Food Safety Department, four companies in this ecosystem have submitted registration and self-declaration documents for a total of 305 products in 3 years.
In Hanoi, this number is 71 products.
In Vinh Phuc, the Vinh Phuc Provincial Department of Health said that the Vinh Phuc Branch of Rance Pharma Company and Hacofood Group Company submitted 215 sets of product registration documents in 3 years (from 2021 to 2023). From 2024 to now, no documents have been received from these two companies.
Of which, Rance Pharma Company has 145 sets of documents and Hacofood Group Company has 70 sets of documents.
According to the Vinh Phuc Provincial Department of Health, the acceptance of product registration dossiers of these companies is "in accordance with general regulations on receiving dossiers".
When companies have all the required documents and records, the food safety department will review the records. In case the records are missing or unclear, they will have to be supplemented. If the records are correct and complete, the product declaration will be accepted according to current regulations.
Accordingly, every year, the Department of Health of Vinh Phuc province still has a plan to inspect and post-inspecte food safety, including an inspection at Hacofood Group Nutrition Pharmaceutical Joint Stock Company in 2024.
Vinh Phuc Department of Health said that post-inspection work is difficult because there are currently not enough national standards and regulations that specifically stipulate parameters and quality indicators to control organizations and individuals in self-declaration and registration of product declaration for products/groups of products under the management of the health sector according to Decree 15.
Enterprises that self-declare products often change locations and addresses; according to regulation 15, immediately after self-declare products, organizations and individuals are entitled to produce and trade the products, making it very difficult to control.
"In reality, there are currently a number of products that are not in the self-declared product group but still have self-declared profiles posted. In addition, there are products that have not yet been identified as belonging to any food product group," said a representative of this department.
In addition, the staff performing inspection and post-inspection tasks is still thin (only 5 officials from the Food Safety and Hygiene Department - Department of Health), not meeting the post-inspection requirements immediately after the enterprise self-declares compared to the very large number of enterprises with self-declared records.
"Ghost branch" again
According to the product declaration registration, the branch of Rance Pharma International Pharmaceutical Joint Stock Company is located on the 5th floor of Minh Quan building, Ly Nam De street, Dam Vac urban area, Khai Quang, Vinh Yen city, Vinh Phuc.
However, when arriving at this address, there was absolutely no Rance Pharma Pharmaceutical Company that had existed for many years.
5th floor of Minh Quan building, Ly Nam De street (photo) and Dam Vac urban area, Khai Quang, Vinh Yen city, Vinh Phuc does not have a company branch as registered - Photo: CHI TUE
On the 5th floor of the building are some tenant companies. The building receptionist said that Rance Pharma Company is not here.
"Sometimes there are still letters sent to the company, but there is no company with that name here. They just use such an address for their name but do not operate," this person said.
The Hacofood Group branch in Vinh Phuc is located at B21, Thay Nay area, Thanh Tru commune, Vinh Yen city. Here, people do not know about the existence of a pharmaceutical company that produces nutrition.
Thus, just like the branches of the companies in Hoa Binh province, in Vinh Phuc province, the addresses of these companies are all fake, with no business activities or product distribution.
These branches are just places for companies to "take the name" of the company to register and self-declare products, causing difficulties for authorities in post-inspection work.
Regarding the list of products that these companies have announced locally, the Vinh Phuc Provincial Department of Health said it is reviewing and will provide it to the competent authority.
Source: https://tuoitre.vn/vu-gan-600-loai-sua-gia-hon-200-loai-duoc-khai-sinh-o-vinh-phuc-lai-xuat-hien-2-chi-nhanh-ma-20250421175819126.htm
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