Ensure dietary supplement is not yet licensed for circulation in Vietnam.

Trading, distributing, circulating and advertising this product in the Vietnamese market are all violations.

The Department of Food Safety (Ministry of Health) has just sent a document to the Department of Health of provinces and cities to strengthen inspection and control activities on the sale of Ensure milk products produced by Abbott Laboratories.

According to information from the Food Safety Department, recently, some media reported that Ensure milk products produced by Abbott Laboratories belong to the group of food supplements, with the label containing the phrase "not to be sold in Vietnam or Mexico."

Ensure milk products are in the group of dietary supplements, the label includes the phrase "not to be sold in Vietnam or Mexico." (Photo: KT)

Regarding the above information, the Department of Food Safety has checked the data at the Department. Up to now, the Department has not issued a certificate of conformity to food safety regulations for any Ensure milk product manufactured by Abbott Laboratories in the group of food supplements, with the label containing the phrase "not to be sold in Vietnam or Mexico.".Therefore, this product is not allowed to circulate in Vietnam. Trading, distributing, circulating, and advertising this product in the Vietnamese market are all violations.

To promptly detect and strictly handle the above violations, the Department issued Official Dispatch No. 263/ATTP-TTr dated January 30, 2015 requesting the Department of Health of provinces and cities to direct the Department of Food Safety and Hygiene, the Department of Health Inspectorate to coordinate with the market management force and the police to strengthen inspection and examination of the trading of the above products in the area.

In case of detecting any business or advertisement of this product in the area, it is required to be strictly handled and publicly implemented in accordance with the provisions of law./.

According to Vietnam+