Viet Nam News HCM CITY - HCM City Food Safety Management Board was officially launched on Sarturday to ensure health and quality of living for people in the city. The city is the first locality in the country to set up the board. Phạm Khánh Phong Lan, the board's head, said that the board this year will focus on strengthening inspections, tests, and technical barriers to prevent unsafe food from being consumed in the city. Its staff will carry out these inspections at all three wholesale markets in the city because food safety has not been ensured at these sites and markets are still the main traditional shopping source of the city's residents, Lan said. A system of labs for rapid tests to screen food at these wholesale markets will also be established and operated soon, she added. The district-level food inspectors will be in charge of inspection and supervision at the remaining markets, especially illegal markets which open in the afternoon in the city, she said. The … [Read more...] about HCM City officially launches a food safety management board
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Ho Chi Minh City to establish food safety management board
A plan has been submitted to the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee, proposing the establishment of a management board which will monitor food quality and safety. A plan has been submitted to the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee, proposing the establishment of a management board which will monitor food quality and safety. The municipal Department of Internal Affairs has recommended the formation of the food safety management board in the southern metropolis. During an interview with Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper, Le Van Lam, deputy director of the department, stated that the board is to punish those violating regulations on food safety and prevent future offenses for the sake of citizens’ health and city development. Ho Chi Minh City has already had a system exclusively carrying out such a mission, including several agencies under the management of the Department of Health, the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, the Department of Industry and … [Read more...] about Ho Chi Minh City to establish food safety management board
Vietnam strengthens food safety assurance
Vietnam sets the target to basically control food safety in the whole food supply chain by 2020 while actively protecting health and interests of consumers. However, cases of trading and transporting of tainted, rotten or smuggled foods in big quantity have been detected frequently. More worryingly, the cases are just a small part of unhygienic goods in circulation now. Unhygienic beverages and foods cause diseases, affecting health, and threatening life of users. Therefore, the country has prioritized strengthening the food safety management system and food safety assurance in food production, trading and processing facilities. The Prime Minister has issued the Decision 20/QĐ-TTg on the National Strategy on Food Safety in the 2011 - 2020 period with a vision to 2030. The strategy points out that ensuring food safety is ensuring interests of consumers and health of people, a frequent task that needs focal instruction of Party organizations and authorities, and responsibility … [Read more...] about Vietnam strengthens food safety assurance
Lawmakers turn eye on food safety
HA NOI — Responsibility for food safety and management was the hot topic of discussion at yesterday's National Assembly meeting. Members of the National Assembly (NA) discussed the responsibilities ministries, agencies and sectors had for food safety and hygiene management, punishments for food safety violations and food inspections. According to the draft law on food safety, the Government will assign the Ministry of Health to take responsibility for food safety management. Agreeing with the regulation, deputy Huynh Phuoc Long from the southern province of Tra Vinh said that to improve the force of the law, it was necessary to develop regulations on the responsibilities held by ministries and sectors, the required level of co-operation between them and the Ministry of Health, and the responsibilities of People's Committees at all levels. Deputy Tran Thi Le Phi from the Mekong Delta province of Can Tho said the Government should complete the State food safety management system … [Read more...] about Lawmakers turn eye on food safety
Health Ministry given food safety role by NA
Narional Assembly delegates agreed yesterday that the Ministry of Health (MoH) would take primary responsibility for managing activities related to food safety during the debate session on the draft of Law on Food Safety. Detailed information about the jurisdiction and responsibility held by MoH, particularly the health minister, as well as relevant ministries such as the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Ministry of Industry and Trade in activities relating to food safety should be included in the draft law, said deputies. "Management of food safety should be decentralised to local administrations in order to improve management activities in the field," said Deputy Vo Thi De from Long An Province. According to De, the draft law should include a specific article for activities relating to the management of street food safety, which has caused a number of food poisoning cases in Viet Nam. Priorities should be given to strengthening inspections of human resources in … [Read more...] about Health Ministry given food safety role by NA