Unsafe food is still widespread in the domestic market, causing concern among consumers, according to experts. “Vietnamese producers do this very well for exports, but in the domestic market consumers still face risks from unsafe food,” Pham Khanh Phong Lan, head of the Food Safety Management Board of HCM City, said. In recent years, exports of Vietnamese farm produce have increased significantly year after year. According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Viet Nam earned US$36.37 billion from farm produce exports last year, a year-on-year increase of 13 per cent. Fruits and vegetables alone fetched $3.5 billion. “To achieve these numbers, Vietnamese farm produce must satisfy international quality standards, so the country can show that it has high potential for producing safe food,” Lan said. Producers still give priority to export products of good quality and distribute lower-quality products in the domestic market, she added. The Government’s regulations and management policies still have loopholes for fraudulent businesses to thrive, she said. Also, producers have had difficulties because consumers want to have both safe and beautiful products at cheap prices, she said. Nguyen Thai Binh, director of Trung An Hi-Tech Farming JSC, said to produce safe products, producers should comply with Vietnamese Good Agricultural Practices (VietGap) standards. There is a lack of trust among consumers about safe products, he said. To win back trust, State management agencies must improve the control of the market and strictly deal with violations on food safety, he said. Vu Kim Hanh, chairwoman of…
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The agriculture, fisheries, and food sector accounts for 46 per cent of Vietnam’s workers, and a significant amount of Vietnamese exports.Seafood alone accounted for $7 billion of Vietnamese exports in 2016, of which $1.4 billion of fish and shellfish exports went to the US, accounting for over 40 per cent of US’ agricultural product and food imports of $3.5 billion from Vietnam.However, with new US food safety regulations on imports, based on the Food Safety Modernization Act and the shift in responsibility for catfish imports inspections from FDA to USDA, AmCham was concerned that a lack of awareness of the…... [read more]
Accepting the science behind microbiologically safe fruit and vegetables is a first step to creating a safer food environment in all of agriculture, said Le Van Banh, a department head at the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.Fresh produce are raw agricultural commodities that are far too often consumed within the country without being subjected to a scientifically grounded practice to effectively destroy pathogens or detect excessive harmful chemicals.Food contamination can occur at every stage in the food supply chain, Mr Banh underlined, adding that fruit, vegetables and other produce are only as protected as the weakest link in the…... [read more]
Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Kim Tien (second from left) and Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Cao Duc Phat (third from left) leads an inspection teams to check food safety at Dong Xuan market in Ha Noi. —VNA/VNS Photo Duong Ngoc HA NOI (VNS)— Inspections of food safety were stepped up across the board last year, with violations detected at 21 per cent of the 563,000 establishments checked, an online conference between the Government and local leaders heard yesterday. Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Kim Tien, who also represents the inter-sectoral central steering committee on food safety, said…... [read more]
Customers purchase pork at Hom market in Ha Noi. Concerns are raised over hygiene and food safety at several local markets across the city. — VNA/VNS Photo Tran Viet. HA NOI (VNS) — Pham Nam Anh, a 28-year-old Ha Noi man, was recently hospitalised after eating spring rolls he bought at a market in the city's Long Bien District. "My stomach felt painful and I started vomiting two hours after having dinner with my wife. I was taken to the hospital late at night and became unconscious," he said.Anh's wife had similar, but less serious symptoms. Anh and his wife…... [read more]
A clean vegetable stall in a Ha Noi market. Ha Noi will finalise a programme for inspecting the safety of agricultural and seafood products in wholesale markets. — Photo laodong.com.vn HA NOI (VNS) — The Ha Noi City People's Committee has proposed to the People's Council that there should be a programme for food safety inspections in wholesale markets in Ha Noi. Under the programme, all agricultural and seafood products in nine wholesale markets are expected to be tested by a quick method in the 2016-25 period. The programme will be divided in two phases. In the first phase from…... [read more]
The recommendation was made at a recent workshop held by the Ministry of Industry and Trade.Exports of Vietnamese commodities have faced barriers in the form of requirements for quality and techniques. Given that, domestic firms have been urged to equip themselves with marketing knowledge and to improve their products’ quality.The European Union has imported a large amount of farm produce, particularly aquatic products from many countries. This market has also refused unqualified shipments, sometimes even at border gates.Goods of Vietnamese enterprises also face principal barriers not only penetrating into the EU, but also other choosy markets such as the US,…... [read more]
Since the beginning of October, the provincial Health Department has held operations to clean up the environment. It also directed inspection of state management on food safety in local districts, townships and cities where the major events will take place. Samples of water used in foods and drinks served in the events have been tested while hotels and restaurants have been guided to follow strict safety standards.The department will continue intensifying inspections from communal to provincial levels to minimise any risks associated with food hygiene during the APEC activities, said Deputy Director of the department Nguyen Van Van.The local 115 Emergency…... [read more]
Nguyen Xuan Phuc (front, second from right) examine food safety at Long Bien market (Photo: VNA)He made the approval during a working session with municipal officials on September 27, which focused on the complicated food safety situation in the capital city, and relevant mechanisms and policies to improve the management in the field. Source: VNA Theo ven.vn... [read more]
Inspection will focus on popular foods during festivals. (Photo: Infonet) In late 2017, the Central Interdisciplinary Steering Committee on food safety decided to establish six delegations to check food safety across the 12 localities of Thua Thien - Hue, Da Nang, Hanoi, Quang Ninh, Son La, Hoa Binh, Ho Chi Minh city, Binh Duong, Ca Mau, Kien Giang, Lang Son and Cao Bang. It has also issued a directive on increasing food safety measures, preventing food poisoning and food-transmission diseases during the festivals. Three delegations have been set up in Hanoi to inspect food quality through April 2nd across 30…... [read more]
Aiming to enhance food safety control, on May 9th, 2017, the Government promulgated Decree No. 55/ND-CP on the management of pangasius farming, processing and export and Vietnam's technical regulation on quality of pangasius fillet.Implementing the activity "Promotion of brand development for pangasius fillet to the EU", the EU - MUTRAP has supported the Directorate of Fisheries to organize the workshop entitled "Food safety control and solutions to promote export of pangasius" on October 4th, 2017 in Can Tho Province.The workshop aimed not only to disseminate updates and knowledge on quality control to for local competent authorities, farmers, producers and exporters…... [read more]
