Inspecting food safety in Ninh Binh province (Source: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Hanoi topped the country in terms ofthe management of food safety over agro-forestry-fishery products in 2019,according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development’srecently-announced rankings.
The capital ranked first with 91.5 out of 100 points,a high jump from the 11th position of the 2018 rankings.
It was followed by the Mekong Delta province of BacLieu, and the northern province of Nam Dinh, which held the 2nd and 1st placesrespectively in the previous rankings.
In 2019, 16 out of 63 provinces and cities were considered tohave good practice of food safety management while 45 localities were in the“qualified” group.
The southern provinces of Dong Thap and Binh Duong were notranked as the ministry did not receive their self-assessment documents.
The ranking on the management of provinces and cities onagro, forestry and fishery products is based on a set of criteria and followsassessment process issued by the Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Developmentin 2015.
The quantity of the tasks and management effectiveness areunder close scrutiny.
Five elements make up the criteria to score localities,namely efficiency of inspection and punishments of food safety violations;dissemination and education aiming to raise people’s awareness of lawimplementation; directing food safety management; building capacity on foodsafety management, and developing safe food supply chains./.
VNA
