During the action month, from April 15 till May 15, six intersectoral groups will be set up to inspect food safety in 12 cities and provinces. (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – The action month on food safety will take placefrom April 15 till May 15, focusing on the fight against low-quality and counterfeitfood to protect consumers.
It will feature an array of activities, including a communication campaign,conferences, workshops and inspections.
Six intersectoral groups will be set up to inspect food safety in 12 cities andprovinces, namely Ho Chi Minh City, Ba Ria-Vung Tau, Thua Thien-Hue, Quang Tri,Can Tho, Soc Trang, Hanoi, Hai Phong, Lang Son, Bac Giang, Quang Nam and DaNang.
Unscheduled inspections will also be conducted by the Ministries of Health,Agriculture and Rural Development, and Industry and Trade.
Press agencies and newspapers have been encouraged to participate in thecommunication campaign, under which safe products and production and businessmodels will be honoured, and violators of regulations on food safety will be namedand shamed.
The programme aims to promote the role and responsibility of organiations, individualsand businesses in implementing laws on food safety, and step up food safetyinspections, especially in key cities and provinces as well as border localities.
In 2018, market management forces inspected 14,264 cases of food safetyviolations, of which 8,466 were handled with administrative fines amounting to morethan 19.5 billion VND (838,500 USD).
Meanwhile, environment police detected 6,176 cases violating food safetyregulations, involving 5,042 individuals and 809 organisations.-VNA
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