System of Vietnam’s state agencies having the authority to inspect the quality of cosmetics

According to Article 41 of Circular No. 06/2011/TT-BYT of the Ministry of Health of Vietnam, the state checking on the cosmetic quality is prescribed as follows: 

1. The cosmetic quality checking agency:

- The Cosmetic Quality Checking Central agency is the Medicine Management department – the Ministry of Health. The Medicine Management department directs the checking-system in the whole country. In the cosmetic quality checking state activities, the Medicine Management department coordinates with the inspector of the Health Ministry, the Medicine Analyzing Central Institute, the Medicine Analyzing Institute of Ho Chi Minh City, Medicine departments of centrally-affiliated cities and provinces in order to carry out and supervise the post-sale promotion activities regard to the cosmetic products.

On the cosmetic analyzing result of the analyzing state agencies, the Medicine Management department – the Ministry of Health is the agency who conclusive cosmetic quality in limit of whole country.

- The local cosmetic quality-checking agency is the Health department of centrally-affiliated cities and provinces. The Health departments of centrally-affiliated cities and provinces organize to carry out the post-sale promotion activities on the domestic cosmetic, the import cosmetic which is delivered in their area, and handle problems in relation to the cosmetic quality according to the law regulations; follow and statistic of the cosmetic quality management situation in their localities; conclude the cosmetic quality on the cosmetic-analyzing result of the cosmetic quality analyzing state agency in their localities.

2. The cosmetic analyzing state system involves:

- In the Central: The Central Medicine-Analyzing Institute, the Medicine-Analyzing Institute of Ho Chi Minh City.

- In the Locality: The Medicine and Cosmetic Analyzing Centers in centrally-affiliated cities and provinces.

The Heads of cosmetic quality analyzing state agencies are responsible for the conclusion of cosmetic quality-checking result before the law.

View details at Circular No. 06/2011/TT-BYT of the Ministry of Health of Vietnam, effective from April 01, 2011.

Thuy Tram

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