Nghe An will inspect establishments producing and trading cosmetics and functional foods.

Traffic police of Nam Dan district police check a quantity of functional foods of unknown origin. Photo: Document

Vice Chairman of Nghe An Provincial People's Committee Le Minh Thong has just signed a decision to inspect the implementation of regulations in the fight against smuggling, trade fraud, production and trade of counterfeit and poor quality goods in the group of products produced and traded in pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, functional foods, medicinal herbs and traditional medicine in the province.

The inspection subjects are organizations and individuals producing and trading the above groups of products. Deputy Director of the Department of Health Tran Minh Tue is the head of the inspection team with 9 other members from the Inspectorate, the Drug Management Department, the Drug - Cosmetic and Food Testing Center, the Department of Health.

The delegation also had the participation of the Economic Police Department, Nghe An Provincial Police, Price and Public Asset Management Department, Department of Finance and representatives of the Department of Industry and Trade.

The inspection team has the duty to inspect, detect and handle violations of the law (if any); use the seal of Nghe An Department of Health to establish case files and handle administrative violations in accordance with the prescribed order, procedures and authority; and at the same time is responsible for reporting inspection results to individuals and competent agencies as prescribed.

According to research, in recent years, in Nghe An, many establishments have appeared selling pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, functional foods, especially "hand-carried" products from abroad.

The authorities have discovered and handled cases of transporting and trading many products of unknown origin. Most recently, on the afternoon of September 27, the Traffic Police Team of Nam Dan District Police, while patrolling and controlling, discovered a car carrying more than 1,000 boxes of functional foods, syrups, pharmaceuticals... produced by many companies.

However, the driver could not present any invoices or documents proving the origin, only claiming to have picked up the goods from Hanoi and transported them to Nghe An to sell to pharmacies in Nam Dan and Thanh Chuong districts.

Seized more than 1,000 boxes of functional foods of unknown origin

(Baonghean.vn) - The driver admitted to picking up goods from Hanoi and transporting them to Nghe An to sell to pharmacies in Nam Dan and Thanh Chuong districts.