Six inspection teams to check Mid-Autumn Festival products

The National Inter-sector Steering Committee on Food Safety has established six inspection teams to monitor the quality of products to be sold for the Mid-Autumn Festival (Trung Thu).
Six inspection teams to check Mid-Autumn Festival products ảnh 1Inspectors check moon cake quality at a shop (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) - The National Inter-sector Steering Committeeon Food Safety has established six inspection teams to monitor the qualityof products to be sold for the Mid-Autumn Festival (Trung Thu).

The festival, one of the largest to take place annually, is approaching, andthe aim is to ensure public safety.

The teams will conduct inspection in 12 cities and provincesfrom September 11 to 30 at food manufacturing, processing andbusiness facilities, especially those manufacturing and selling Mid-AutumnFestival products such as moon cakes, confectionary, beverages and meat.

Large manufacturing facilities, wholesale markets, supermarkets, and foodimporting facilities will be under the spotlight.

The teams include members of ministries of health, agriculture and ruraldevelopment, industry and trade, and other units belonging to theNational Inter-sector Steering Committee on Food Safety.

The inspection, according to the Food Safety Department under the Ministry ofHealth, aims to prevent fake, low-quality products or those of unknown originfrom being sold at the market.

Inter-sector inspection teams at district and commune levels will conductinspections at medium and small food stores.

The steering committee ordered inspection teams to impose strict penalties onoffenders and asked them to stop operating their facilities until theviolations are addressed.

Moon cake inspection is a regular activity conducted annually prior to theMid-Autumn Festival, which falls on October 4 this year.

Last year, 20 facilities were found violating food safety regulations in HCMCity, a large moon cake consumption market.-VNA
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