Inspection will focus on popular foods during festivals. (Photo: Infonet)
In late 2017, the Central Interdisciplinary Steering Committee on food safety decided to establish six delegations to check food safety across the 12 localities of Thua Thien - Hue, Da Nang, Hanoi, Quang Ninh, Son La, Hoa Binh, Ho Chi Minh city, Binh Duong, Ca Mau, Kien Giang, Lang Son and Cao Bang.
It has also issued a directive on increasing food safety measures, preventing food poisoning and food-transmission diseases during the festivals.
Three delegations have been set up in Hanoi to inspect food quality through April 2nd across 30 localities, and dealing with violations.
In 2017, Hanoi inspected 110,930 food production and trade foundations, levelling over VND37 billion in fines against 7,200 foundations.
Head of the Ho Chi Minh city Food Safety Management Unit Pham Khanh Phong Lan has said since January 1st, the unit has set up 12 food safety inspection delegations during the festivals.
Lasting until the end of March, the inspection will focus on popular goods during the festivals such as candies, jam, alcohol, beverage, meat and meat products, fisheries, eggs, milk and restaurants.
Large food providers, food import foundations, wholesale markets, trade centres and food restaurants will be the main targets of the city’s inspection delegations, while smaller ones will be checked by the district and communal levels.
Accordingly, the delegations will take samples to test food quality, seek the origin of unsafe food, and strictly punish violations.
Although the inspection will be carried out seriously, they will not obstruct the normal operation of the foundations./.