Ho Chi Minh City Recalls, Destroys Unlicensed 'Thai Duong Mu Oil' Cosmetics

The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health has ordered the recall and destruction of all products of the cosmetic 'Thai Duong Mu Oil' and fined the manufacturing company VND160 million (approximately $6,300). According to the list of administrative sanctions in the pharmaceutical and cosmetic sector published by the Department of Health's Inspection and Legal Affairs Division on September 3, Dai Hung Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. was fined for producing cosmetics without a certificate of eligibility for production and for manufacturing cosmetics that did not meet quality standards. The company was also suspended from cosmetic production activities until it obtains the certificate of eligibility. This is the highest penalty in the list of sanctions announced by the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health this time. In the same period, Nhan Hung Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. was fined VND50 million (approximately $1,970) for trading cosmetics that did not guarantee quality and were unsafe for users. The violating product was Oatrum brand body wash and shampoo, 150ml tube, batch number 10122025, manufactured on December 10, 2025, and expiring on December 9, 2028. This batch of products did not meet quality standards for microbial limits and was ordered to be recalled and destroyed in its entirety. In the field of drug business, Nam Sai Gon Pharmaceutical Joint Stock Company was fined VND37 million (approximately $1,450) for incorrectly declaring or not declaring sale prices to competent state agencies for goods subject to price declaration. The company was also penalized for wholesaling prescription drugs at prices higher than the announced or unannounced projected wholesale prices as stipulated. Several other establishments were fined between VND4 million and VND25 million (approximately $157 to $985) for violating regulations on storage and trading of drugs and cosmetics, and for sealing of seized items. Information Source: VnExpress