Kera vegetable candy company is fined 125 million VND, recovered goods, returned the money collected from the sale of violated products and must labeled in accordance with the regulations before continuing to circulate.
On 24/3, Director of Ho Chi Minh City Department of Food Safety Pham Khanh Phong Lan said that Sister Ro Group Joint Stock Company – the unit announced Kera vegetable candy, was sanctioned for two violations. Specifically, the goods trading company whose labels are not adequate or improperly recorded the compulsory contents. In addition, the product trading company does not match the published information.
Earlier, the Department of Examination of the Company was unexpectedly on Street 11, Quarter 5, An Phu Ward, Thu Duc City, discovered the product label on the self -published record and the actual label of the SuperGreens Gummies supplementary supplement did not record the compulsory contents on the brand of goods, lacking the phrase “purity volume”. The ingredient of apple incense does not specify the natural, natural, synthetic, artificial fragrance. Citric acid additives have not yet listed the additive group as prescribed.
At the company office, the delegation noted that there were 16 boxes of food supplements Supergreens Gummies, sampling for testing at the National Food Safety Testing Institute. As a result, the product contains Sorbitol sweeteners but this substance is not shown on the product label as prescribed. This is a substance that helps laxative, easy to digest.
The nutritional value indicators (above 3.2 g) are not suitable for the publication on the product label in the self -proclaimed record. Specifically, the testing energy level is 9.62 kcal (label published 10 kcal), protein content of 0.29 g (label 0.287 g). The total sugar content is 0.71 g (on the label 0.995 g), the carbohydrate content is 2.17 g (on the label of 2.29 g), sodium 7.2 mg (label 6.43 mg). Testing does not detect total fat, while the label announced 0.011 g/3.2 g.
The company is required to overcome the consequences by recovering goods and labeling in accordance with the regulations before continuing circulation. Recover and destroy violated goods, destroy or convert the purpose of use in case the violated goods brand is inseparable from the goods. The company must return the money equal to the value of material evidences and means of administrative violations that have been consumed, dispersed and destroyed in contravention of law. This place is also forced to revoke the self -publication of the product.
Kera candy is advertised on the company’s social networking site.
Kera vegetable candy was announced by Sister Ro Sister Group Joint Stock Company (CER), starting to market at the end of 2024. From there to February, the candy was famous by many celebrities such as Miss Thuy Tien, Hang Du Nom, Quang Linh Vlog advertised that “A capsule can replace a plate of vegetables”, “the product can instead of green vegetables in meals”. A user takes the candy to test, the results show that the percentage of vegetables in candy is very low compared to advertising, leading to “false” scandal.
However, in the self -publishing table of the Kera vegetable candy, there is no fiber indicator, so the authorities do not test this ingredient. Therefore, businesses are sanctioned for advertising fiber although this ingredient is not included in the product self -publication before circulation.
Kera candy is determined to be inflated, actually on the packaging clearly stated that this is “supplementary food”. Supplementary foods are products that contain healthy nutrients such as vitamins, minerals, proteins, fiber, fat … extracted from natural or synthetic food sources. Supplements or functional foods are not medications. The Ministry of Health stipulates that when promoting, it must be suitable for the use and effects published in the product announcement, and at the same time, it must be enclosed with the recommendation “This food is not a medicine and has no effect on replacing medicines”.
In addition, according to the regulations, for health and food protection food for special diet, the advertising content is required to register with the authorities and be licensed. This means that before advertising, health food products must register to confirm the advertising content with the Food Safety Department and only advertised according to the confirmed content.
During a press meeting in mid -March, Mr. Le Tuan Linh, General Director of Cer, said that the Kera candy material was purchased from areas in Lam Dong, Dak Lak, Binh Thuan, “quality assurance, clear origin” and 100% of the products were manufactured at ASIA factory in Dak Lak.
Quang Linh Vlog and Hang Du apologize to users for the wrong advertising about Kera candy. These are two famous names on social networks and often livestream sales with large revenue. Both were fined 140 million VND. Cer Company announced that it had sold more than 100,000 boxes of candy to the market, committed to refund if the buyer wants to return the goods.