Illustrative image (Source: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – The Hanoi People’sCommittee has directed the strict control of food origin and production toensure food safety.
Accordingly, all stages, from production todistribution, will be inspected. Food sellers are required to have means to preservetheir products.
The city will continue realising the PrimeMinister’s instruction on strengthening the State management responsibilityover food safety, consolidating food safety inspection teams at local levelsand increasing certification of food safety and food safety facilities.
Management of local wholesale markets willbe tightened while the role of inter-sector inspection teams in ensuring foodsafety in collective canteens, and street food will be enhanced.
The municipal Department of Agriculture andRural Development has been asked to control production input and grant foodsafety certificates for eligible facilities.
Hanoi has 7.5 million people, 20 tradecentres, 12 super markets, 460 traditional markets and 454 wet markets. Around 800– 1,000 tonnes of meat, 340 – 400 tonnes of aquatic products, 2,500 tonnes offruit and vegetable are consumed everyday. However, local production can onlymeet 60 percent of food demand and 18 percent of fruit and vegetable demand.The rest is filled by goods from other localities and imports.
Many suburban areas have been zoned off forproducing safe vegetables for inner-city areas. However, shortcomings remain inmanagement of safe food production, distribution and consumption.
Inspection results show that pesticideresidues have been found in 11 vegetable samples in 110 production facilitiesacross Hanoi.-VNA
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