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Hanoi health department checks food services at two SEA Games 31 hotels

Director of the Hanoi Department of Health Dr. Tran Thi Nhi Ha on May 11 checked food services at Daewoo and Lotte hotels where SEA Games 31 athletes and officials are staying, and how the hotels handle food safety issues, according to the Organising Committee for SEA Games 31.
Hanoi health department checks food services at two SEA Games 31 hotels ảnh 1Director of the Hanoi Department of Health Dr. Tran Thi Nhi Ha (centre) checks food services at Daewoo and Lotte hotels where SEA Games 31 athletes and officials are staying. (Photo: kinhtedothi.vn)
Hanoi (VNA) – Director of the Hanoi Department of Health Dr. Tran Thi Nhi Haon May 11 checked food services at Daewoo and Lotte hotels where SEA Games 31athletes and officials are staying, and how the hotels handle food safetyissues, according to the Organising Committee for SEA Games 31.

Hanoi Daewoo Hotel accommodates 189 officials andathletes from eight Southeast Asian countries while the nearby Lotte hosts 78 delegatesfrom seven nations.

Inspection results show that kitchen and diningspaces at both hotels are provided with professional equipment and haveseparate areas for storing ingredients, preliminary processing, cooking andserving food. They keep three-step food inspection records and food samples inaccordance with regulations.

Kitchen staff have been provided with training onfood safety standards and received routine health checkups.

Quick tests of some random pieces of dishware andvegetables found that they all meet hygiene standards.

The hotels also arrange private dining areas forSEA Games delegations as an additional effort to maintain high food safety andCOVID-19 prevention rules.  

Officials and athletes are required to not bringany food or drink from outside into the hotels and must notify receptionists ifthey want to do so.

Department director Ha highly spoke of bothhotels’ efforts to ensure the safety of their food services, urging them tokeep up to good work and to provide all possible conditions for health workersto operate in the hotels during the sporting event./.
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