Ensure dietary supplements are not yet permitted for sale in Vietnam.

The business, distribution, circulation, and advertising of this product in the Vietnamese market are all violations.

The Food Safety Department (Ministry of Health) has recently sent a document to the Departments of Health in provinces and cities, instructing them to strengthen inspection and monitoring activities regarding the sale of Ensure milk products manufactured by Abbott Laboratories.

According to information from the Food Safety Administration, recently, some media outlets have reported that Ensure milk products manufactured by Abbott Laboratories, classified as dietary supplements, have labels containing the phrase "not to be sold in Vietnam or Mexico."

Ensure milk products belong to the dietary supplement category, and the label includes the phrase "not to be sold in Vietnam or Mexico." (Photo: KT)

Following the above information, the Food Safety Department checked its data and found that, to date, it has not issued any certificate of conformity with food safety regulations for any Ensure milk product manufactured by Abbott Laboratories that falls under the category of dietary supplements and whose labeling contains the phrase "not to be sold in Vietnam or Mexico."Therefore, this product is not permitted to be sold in Vietnam. Any business, distribution, circulation, or advertising of this product in the Vietnamese market is a violation of the law.

To promptly detect and strictly handle the aforementioned violations, the Department issued Official Letter No. 263/ATTP-TTr dated January 30, 2015, requesting the Departments of Health of provinces and cities to direct the Food Safety and Hygiene Sub-Departments and the Health Department Inspectorate to coordinate with market management forces and the police to strengthen inspection and kiểm tra activities regarding the trading of the aforementioned products in their respective areas.

In the event that the business or advertising of this product is discovered in the area, strict action must be taken and the findings publicly disclosed in accordance with the law.

According to Vietnam+