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
Quality food safety in reach
A toolkit is to help enterprises implement a food safety management system. With a continuing series of activities in support of improving Vietnamese enterprises' competitiveness in agricultural and dairy products, the SAFE VIETNAM project, funded by TUV Rheinland Group and DEG (German Development Finance Institute) in collaboration with Asia Society for Social Improvement and Sustainable Transformation (ASSIST), has been conducting a software toolkit for "self-implementation of a food safety management system". In particular, the information and documents are associated in a compact and clear structure, to help users find and access information easily. The toolkit's launch will be an effective solution to mitigate current business problems. During the project, members said that they had difficulties in updating regulations, standards and new knowledge relating to food hygiene and safety. Acknowledging this concern, the Project Management Board decided the toolkit's content would be … [Read more...] about Quality food safety in reach
The national plan on food safety to be ratified
In his newly promulgated-decision, Chairman of the Quang Ngai PPC has approved the implementation plan on the national strategy on food safety in the period of 2012- 2020 and the vision to 2030 in Quang Ngai province with five specific objectives, including enhancing the knowledge and practice skills of food safety, strengthening the food safety management systems, improving the food safety status in facilities of production and food processing as well as businesses. The plan also mentioned three main solutions for implementation of the aforesaid plan such as policies, direction, information, propaganda, organizational structure and human resource development. The Chairman assigned the departments, mass organization, People's Committees of districts to carry out the mission and programs with the budget raised from the Center, localities, aids and other legal sources as prescribed in current law. Ngo Tri Nguyen … [Read more...] about The national plan on food safety to be ratified
New law expected to increase food safety
VietNamNet Bridge - Food production establishments and processors will be required to implement advanced food safety management systems to ensure food safety under the new safety bill. Under the law, which will take effect in July next year, food safety management systems such as the Good Management Practice (GMP), Good Agricultural Practice (GAP), Good Hygiene Practice (GHP) and Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point standards could be applied, said Director of the National Agro-Forestry and Fisheries Quality Assurance Nguyen Nhu Tiep. A national strategy on ensuring food safety and the planning of a safe food production zone would be developed, while different resources mobilised to invest in scientific research and the application of new technologies to improve food safety, Tiep said at a donor co-ordination forum on food safety yesterday, Dec 1. The forum is aimed at sharing information and experiences in food safety among international donors, projects and … [Read more...] about New law expected to increase food safety