Request Lazada and Shopee to urgently review the business of functional foods

(Chinhphu.vn) - Through post-inspection, the Department of Food Safety, Ministry of Health has discovered many functional food products being advertised and sold on Shopee and Lazada without being granted product declaration certificates.

Ministry of Health requests Lazada and Shopee to urgently review the business of functional foods

Specifically, the leader of the Food Safety Department, Ministry of Health said that through post-inspection on the implementation of regulations on registration of declarations and self-declarations, production and trading of functional foods, this unit discovered a number of functional food products belonging to the group of health protection foods being advertised and traded on the e-commerce platforms Lazada and Shopee without being granted a Certificate of Acceptance of Product Declaration Registration.

These products include: Omega 3-6-9 1600mg; Natto Kinase 4000fu; Estroven – Complete Multi – Sympton; Kirkland Glucosamine 1500mg & Chondroitin 1200mg; Glucosamine 1500mg With MSM 1500mg); Natto Kinase 4000fu; Estroven – Complete Multi – Sympton; Kirkland Glucosamine 1500mg & Chondroitin 1200mg; Glucosamine 1500mg With MSM 1500mg.

To ensure the health and rights of users as well as the production and trading of functional foods in compliance with the provisions of law, the Food Safety Department has issued a document requesting Lazada Vietnam E-commerce Company Limited and Shopee Company Limited to seriously and urgently review the business and electronic transactions of functional food products.

According to the request of the Department of Food Safety, these enterprises only 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 according to regulations.

The Ministry of Health also requested Lazada and Shopee to immediately stop trading, remove information about the above products, and report the results to the Department of Food Safety, Ministry of Health before May 30, 2025.

Hien Minh

Source: https://baochinhphu.vn/yeu-cau-lazada-va-shopee-khan-truong-ra-soat-viec-kinh-doanh-thuc-pham-chuc-nang-102250527123815906.htm