HCM City's authorities carry out safety and hygiene checks at a sweet production facility. (Photo: Sggp.org.vn)HCM City (VNA) - Authoritieswould crack down on unsafe food and corrupt officials who collude withfraudulent businesses, Standing Vice Chairman of the HCM City People’sCommittee Tran Vinh Tuyen has promised.
Speaking on a recent TV programme on the issue of “Tet goods, issues requiringattention”, he said the city would even prosecute firms for flouting foodsafety regulations to safeguard public health.
Earlier consumers participating in the programme had expressed fears of ashortage of goods, price rise and circulation of fake and poor quality goodsduring the Tet (the Lunar New Year) holiday beginning on February 16.
They wanted the city to improve oversight and crack down on the production andsales of fake and low-quality products.
The city and businesses should also organise mobile sales trips during Tet toenable workers at industrial parks and export processing zones to buy qualitygoods at reasonable prices, they said.
Tran Thi Ngoc Yen, who works in the Linh Trung Export Processing Zone in ThuDuc district, said many workers cannot afford to return to their hometown tocelebrate Tet.
So they expect the city authorities to help them buy quality goods atreasonable prices by organising fairs and setting up sales outlets inprocessing zones, she said.
Nguyen Huynh Trang, Deputy Director of the municipal Department of Industry andTrade, said businesses have 20-30 percent more stocks than during last Tet.
The city’s price stabilisation programme would ensure prices of all essentialgoods are steady before, during and after Tet.
Beer and other beverage producers have assured they will not increase priceswhile distributors will offer big discounts on essential fresh products such asmeat and eggs on the last two days of the old year, she said.
The city plans to set up 10,600 sales spots for price-stabilised goodsincluding 1,000 spots on the outskirts and industrial and export processingzones.
For two months before Tet, there are 420 mobile vending carts sellingsubsidised goods.
Nguyen Anh Duc, Deputy General Director of Saigon Co.op, said since there isabundant supply for Tet, prices would not rise.
“Supermarkets would close only on New Year, and so people do not need tostockpile a lot of goods,” he said.
Tran Tan Quy, deputy director of the city Department of Agriculture and RuralDevelopment, said around 20,000 tonnes of safe fruits and vegetables would beavailable in the market during Tet.
Foods such as pork, poultry products, vegetables and fruits have to be boughtfrom other provinces, and the city is committed to implementing measures tocontrol such goods, he said.
Huynh Tan Phat, deputy head of the Veterinary and Animal Health Department,said there are four fixed inspection stations and the agency has also stationedthree inter-agency teams at city entry points to monitor the quality of porkand poultry products coming from other provinces.
The department has also instructed slaughterhouses not to inject pigs withsedatives, he said.-VNA
Speaking on a recent TV programme on the issue of “Tet goods, issues requiringattention”, he said the city would even prosecute firms for flouting foodsafety regulations to safeguard public health.
Earlier consumers participating in the programme had expressed fears of ashortage of goods, price rise and circulation of fake and poor quality goodsduring the Tet (the Lunar New Year) holiday beginning on February 16.
They wanted the city to improve oversight and crack down on the production andsales of fake and low-quality products.
The city and businesses should also organise mobile sales trips during Tet toenable workers at industrial parks and export processing zones to buy qualitygoods at reasonable prices, they said.
Tran Thi Ngoc Yen, who works in the Linh Trung Export Processing Zone in ThuDuc district, said many workers cannot afford to return to their hometown tocelebrate Tet.
So they expect the city authorities to help them buy quality goods atreasonable prices by organising fairs and setting up sales outlets inprocessing zones, she said.
Nguyen Huynh Trang, Deputy Director of the municipal Department of Industry andTrade, said businesses have 20-30 percent more stocks than during last Tet.
The city’s price stabilisation programme would ensure prices of all essentialgoods are steady before, during and after Tet.
Beer and other beverage producers have assured they will not increase priceswhile distributors will offer big discounts on essential fresh products such asmeat and eggs on the last two days of the old year, she said.
The city plans to set up 10,600 sales spots for price-stabilised goodsincluding 1,000 spots on the outskirts and industrial and export processingzones.
For two months before Tet, there are 420 mobile vending carts sellingsubsidised goods.
Nguyen Anh Duc, Deputy General Director of Saigon Co.op, said since there isabundant supply for Tet, prices would not rise.
“Supermarkets would close only on New Year, and so people do not need tostockpile a lot of goods,” he said.
Tran Tan Quy, deputy director of the city Department of Agriculture and RuralDevelopment, said around 20,000 tonnes of safe fruits and vegetables would beavailable in the market during Tet.
Foods such as pork, poultry products, vegetables and fruits have to be boughtfrom other provinces, and the city is committed to implementing measures tocontrol such goods, he said.
Huynh Tan Phat, deputy head of the Veterinary and Animal Health Department,said there are four fixed inspection stations and the agency has also stationedthree inter-agency teams at city entry points to monitor the quality of porkand poultry products coming from other provinces.
The department has also instructed slaughterhouses not to inject pigs withsedatives, he said.-VNA
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