Strengthening the task of ensuring food safety and hygiene on Tet holidays

ABO - The Tien Giang province People's Committee (PPC) summarized the task of ensuring food hygiene and safety in 2018 and implemented the task of 2019, on December 21. Chairman of the PPC Le Van Huong chaired the conference.

At the meeting.

In 2018, the functional organized many inspections at food production, processing and trading establishments in the province.

The health sector inspected more than 13,000 establishments, finding out three cases of food poisoning, with 40 people poisoned food, no death cases; the industry and trade sector examined 285 cases, detected 56 violations; the agricultural sector examines 286 establishments producing and trading agricultural, forestry and fishery products with 62 violated establishments. In addition, the health sector issued certificates of food safety knowledge to over 3,000 establishments with over 6,700 people.

Chairman of the PPC Le Van Huong speaks at the meeting. Photo: thtg.vn

Chairman of the PPC Le Van Huong highly appreciated the efforts of all levels and sectors in implementing food hygiene and safety, to improve public quality.

He suggested that the functional industries must develop a peak plan for food safety, especially the upcoming Tet holidays.

Chairman of the PPC also asked localities to improve their responsibility for food safety, expanding and raising the quality of propaganda for consumers and business people, especially street food and street food, collective kitchen, school; focusing on building rural markets; strictly handling production and business establishments that intentionally violate food safety issues; regularly supervising and organizing inspection bar, on food hygiene and safety, etc ...

(According to thtg.vn – Translated by NGUYEN HUU)