The Drug Administration of Vietnam, operating under the Ministry of Health, has issued an official administrative sanction decree targeting Kotrans Company Limited due to regulatory infractions stemming from its Hanoi branch operations. The aggregate monetary penalty imposed on the enterprise stands at 147.5 million VND. Alongside the financial fines, regulators have mandated strict remedial enforcements affecting 8 cosmetic product lines distributed by the corporation.
The documented legal infractions, structural breakdowns of the fines, and targeted enforcement measures across product categories include:
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Distribution of Products with Incomplete Mandatory Labeling:
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Affected Product: VT Reti-a Reedle Shot 700.
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Commercial Metric: The audited value of the non-compliant items already distributed to the consumer market totaled over 96.5 million VND.
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Regulatory Sanction: The corporation was hit with a specific fine of 22.5 million VND for this individual infraction.
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Distribution of Products with Deceptive Labeling:
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Product Registry: Impacting 3 cosmetic items, including Torriden Cellmazing Pore Perfecting Ampoule (an anti-aging and pore-minimizing serum), VT Cica Collagen mask (a skincare sheet mask), and Unove Deep Damage Repair Shampoo Sweet Breeze (shampoo). Regulators determined that the labels on these items failed to reflect the true nature and facts of the commodities.
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Commercial Metric: The total financial volume of these mislabeled goods already commercialized surpassed 353 million VND.
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Regulatory Sanctions: Kotrans was fined 70 million VND for this deceptive labeling offense. As a remedial requirement, the enterprise is legally forced to recall the stock and correct the labels in accordance with statutory guidelines before any future market circulation is permitted. Additionally, management is ordered to forfeit all revenue generated from the sales of these non-compliant items.
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Distribution of Products with Deficient Product Information Files:
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Product Registry: Covering 4 distinct lines, namely Cosrx The Retinol 0.5 Oil, Skinfood Yuja C Dark Spot Clear Cream, Skinfood Black Cherry Retinol 0.1 Eye Cream, and Paparecipe Collagen Peptide Serum. These distributed cosmetics maintained Product Information Files (PIF) that failed to meet the complete statutory legal requirements.
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Regulatory Sanctions: Because 4 items simultaneously committed the exact same offense, the administrative body logged this as an aggravating factor and handed down a 55 million VND fine for this group. Regarding remedial enforcement, health authorities have ordered the absolute recall and complete physical destruction of all non-compliant inventory in this category.
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