Rampant counterfeit cosmetics, wits on the market

Last month 5.2015, drug administration (Ministry of health) forced the suspension of circulation 56 of cosmetics products manufacturing co. Ltd Ocean Front IMPORT-EXPORT trade (ward, Binh Tan, HO CHI MINH CITY. HCM) because the products produced at the facility does not meet the guidelines, the standard of "good manufacturing practice of cosmetic" of the Association of South-East Asian countries (ASEAN-CGMP).

Earlier, Inspector of the Ministry of science- technology testing, sanction the company 20 million, forcing the end of production as well as the cosmetic packaging designs, documents and manuals, leaflets promoting similar products of another company have been protected.

The floating material in a wits cosmetics production facility was discovered authorities in HO CHI MINH CITY. HCM

, 4.2015, HO CHI MINH CITY Health Department inspectors. HCM newspaper Board of Directors sent process making this about forcing destruction 623,142 cosmetic products quality, without the vote announced the product of 4 companies set inventory (containing cosmetics) on the Republic (ward 4, Tan Binh District, HO CHI MINH CITY. HCM); at the same time proposed a penalty of 4 companies totaling more than 400 million. A Department of health inspection officials said the majority of cosmetics is floating, unknown origin ... but are made up from Italy's, Japan, Korea, Thailand.

From the beginning of the year 2010 to date, HO CHI MINH CITY Department of health. HCM has 22 decided to recall "of receiving the votes announced cosmetic products" of almost 20 companies, because the product does not meet the guidelines, CGMP standards-ASEAN; the facility, the equipment does not guarantee ...

Worthy of note, by 2014, authorities in HO CHI MINH CITY. HCM tested facility specializing in cosmetic facial white in the Chu van An (binhthanh) spotted the floating production raw materials, cheap that according to the test group "that is the raw material for making cosmetics, wits has high heavy metal concentrations, skin peeling caused the use of the idea of white". Also in 2014, authorities District 6 (HO CHI MINH CITY. HCM) discovered the basis of cosmetics, lotion wits-production materials purchase floating from China about the endless packing the packaging looks catch the eye.

Need heavy fines

TS-BS Bui Minh, Chief State Inspector of HO CHI MINH CITY Department of health. HCM, for that true cosmetics market, confusion, people consume is very wary when buying cosmetics. Taking advantage of the loophole (personal self-published and self-produced products, cosmetics, non-administration survey, previous evaluation of the facility, the equipment, the capacity of the production facilities thereof as to how), these individuals, facilities not properly manufactured products not properly registered with publication. Authorities usually only grasp the large base, while the small base, travelers, self produced, the products sold in the market ... it is difficult to manage.

From the above situation, on 12.3.2015, the drug administration (Ministry of health) have dispatch send the Health Department of the province, the country steer strengthening the management of cosmetics. The writer stated: at present the very diverse cosmetics business category, origin, in addition to the product's licensing authority also have many products of unknown origin, origin ... To ensure safety for users, drug administration requires provincial health department to coordinate the relevant agencies to enhance check cosmetics business to handle up forecast of counterfeit goods, counterfeit, illegal ...

The experts said that in addition to strengthen production management, business products, need adjustment, aggravating the level of sanctions for cases of the production and trading of counterfeit cosmetics, cosmetics poorly, using raw materials that float, because current fines are not yet sufficient deterrence.

According to the doctor, besides the management of the Agency, consumers need to know to protect yourself, beware of fake, counterfeit cosmetics, of unknown origin, not standard to avoid unfortunate consequences occur.

Pimples, relax blood vessels, skin atrophy ... when used cosmetics wits

According to the experts, the mainstream cosmetics are manufactured with standard chains often control the stability of quality, meets the standard of quality of the Ministry of health as well as good manufacturing practices standards for cosmetics of the ASEAN countries.

A case of complications due to poor quality cosmetics-photo: BS offers

Meanwhile, cosmetics, wits often very toxic. Skin expert-Dr. Huynh Huynh Huang said that most afraid with my products of unknown origin, quality that is the products containing the substance of corticosteroids-carburetor white fast but leave the dangerous consequences, making the skin stretch thin, dilated blood vessels, veins under the skin, causing itching, featured many acne; grow more hair, lightening, skin atrophy, strongly stain human ...

The hospital has specialist skin often receiving victims due to cosmetics, poor quality false cause. Before this ever happened case of deaths after the use of skin whitening products of unknown origin.=