Vietnam Food Administration Announces Q2 2025 Violations and Penalties

On July 10, 2025, Vietnam Food Administration (VFA) released an official list of companies that violated food safety regulations in the second quarter of 2025, covering the period from April 1 to July 1. The announcement includes non-compliant items, the fines levied, and the corrective actions mandated for each offending enterprise.

Below is a detailed list of the involved products, their violations, and the corresponding penalties:

No.	Involved goods/items	Violation	Fine (VND)	Remedial measures for enterprises
1	Two batches of food additives: Butter flavour XXXX & coffee flavour XXXX	Non-compliant labeling	4,000,000	Forced to recall and destroy non-compliant labels and re-label products correctly Required to pay back 748,000 VND, the value of the consumed product (Butter Flavor).
2	Food additive CALCIUM GLUCONATE	Non-compliant advertising	25,000,000	Required to correct information and remove the violating advertisement from https://vinhnamanh.com.vn
3	Four batches of food additives	Non-compliant labeling	80,000,000	Required to recall goods One batch must be re-labeled correctly before circulation Forced to recall and destroy the violating labels for the other three product batches.
4	122 non-compliant test result reports	Failure to comply with approved or registered conformity assessment procedures	75,000,000	Required to recall the 122 non-compliant test result reports Forced to return illegal profits amounting to 15,084,000 VND.
5	61 non-compliant analysis result reports	Failure to comply with approved or registered conformity assessment procedures	75,000,000	Required to recall the 61 non-compliant Analysis Result Reports Forced to return illegal profits amounting to 22,122,000 VND
6	280 non-compliant test result reports	Conducting conformity assessments for state management purposes in a field outside of its designated scope	75,000,000	Revocation of the company's designation as a food testing facility for state management Required to recall the 280 non-compliant test result reports Forced to return illegal profits amounting to 70,500,000 VND.
7	A health supplement product	Non-compliant advertising	25,000,000	Required to correct information and remove the violating advertisement from the website: https://phattriencaoviethoang.com

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