Recall of 17 substandard cosmetics

The Drug Administration of Vietnam (Ministry of Health) has just decided to penalize and recall 17 types of substandard cosmetics.

A line of EBC products is recalled.

Mr. Nguyen Tat Dat, Deputy Director of the Department of Drug Administration, said that these 17 products were all produced by EBC Vietnam Company Limited (No. 262/5 Cach Mang Thang Tam, Ward 10, District 3, Ho Chi Minh City).

This company committed an administrative violation of producing cosmetics that did not comply with the basic principles and standards of “good manufacturing practices for cosmetics” of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (CGMP-ASEAN) or equivalent recognized by the ASEAN Cosmetics Council; Trading cosmetics with product information files (PIF) stored at the enterprise that did not meet the provisions of law; Trading cosmetics with formulas that did not match the approved declaration files.

For these violations, EBC Vietnam Co., Ltd. was administratively fined 105 million VND. In addition, the Drug Administration Department has requested the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health to revoke the cosmetic product declaration receipt number of 17 products declared by EBC Vietnam Co., Ltd. with formulas inconsistent with the approved declaration dossier mentioned above.

The Drug Administration of Vietnam requires EBC Vietnam Co., Ltd. to recall and destroy all cosmetic products of 17 products announced by EBC Vietnam Co., Ltd. with formulas inconsistent with the approved announcement dossier mentioned above.

List of 17 types of cosmetics proposed to have their cosmetic declaration acceptance certificates revoked:

1. BODY LOTION MAKEUP

2. WHITE BODY LOTION

3. SUN BLOCK MAKEUP

4. SKIN LIGHTENING

5. MELASMA PRO

6. MELASMA CLEAR

7. DAILY UV CARE

8. ACNEPRO

9. Spotless Acne

10. BODY WHITE SHOWER

11. FRESH SKIN

12. EYES CARE

13. HEEL CARE

14. STRETCH MARKS

15. LIP CARE

16. NATURE SKIN

17. SCAR CLEAR

According to Dan Tri