On October 3, the Food Safety Management Board of Da Nang City issued a warning about impersonating officials to sell food safety documents to food production, processing and trading enterprises.

According to the Food Safety Management Board of Da Nang City, recently there have been cases of people impersonating officials of the Food Safety Management Board or health departments of districts in Da Nang City to sell food safety books and documents.

These people advertise the publications as documents used to train employees working in food production and business establishments, catering services, and can be used to equip internal knowledge... so that establishments trust and buy books for illegal profit.

The Da Nang City Food Safety Management Board affirms that these publications do not have legal value to replace the necessary certificates and certifications in state management of food safety.

At the same time, the Da Nang City Food Safety Management Board has no policy on selling professional documents to individuals and businesses that produce, process and trade food. The Management Board also absolutely does not send staff to call or work with businesses on the issue of depositing money or transferring money to personal accounts.

Therefore, the Da Nang City Food Safety Management Board requests the Health Departments of districts and communes as well as relevant officials in the local health sector to increase propaganda. Enterprises and food establishments that encounter signs of impersonation should promptly report to the Da Nang City Food Safety Management Board (via phone number 0236.3562731) to prevent fraudulent acts of property appropriation.