Ensuring food safety control during the Lunar New Year
To better protect consumers’ health, the sector of industry and trade has taken measures to tighten control over food safety and hygiene to prevent food poisoning before and during the Tet festivities.
The food market to serve the Tet (Lunar New Year) festival is bustling with various kinds of products to meet increasing public demand but also poses high risks of unsafe food or violations in food safety and hygiene.
According to the Department of Industry and Trade, there are 133 markets, 27 supermarkets, 7 trade centers, 120 grocery stores, 27 OCOP shops and many food production facilities in the province.
The department has currently focused on inspecting facilities producing, processing and trading products that are mainly used during the Tet holiday and festivals, such as meat and meat products, beverages, alcoholic drinks and confectionary.
Management boards of markets in the city are instructed to regularly inspect and remind businesses to strictly follow food safety and environmental protection regulations and to strictly punish violators.
A plan on ensuring food safety and minimizing the transmission of Covid-19 before, during and after the Lunar New Year has already set up to prevent food-borne illnesses and Covid-19 widespread outbreak.
