{"id":8190,"date":"2023-05-25T09:40:59","date_gmt":"2023-05-25T02:40:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ceco.com.vn\/?p=8190"},"modified":"2026-11-03T10:09:56","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T03:09:56","slug":"tp-ho-chi-minh-xu-phat-tren-340-vu-vi-pham-ve-an-toan-thuc-pham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ceco.com.vn\/en\/tp-ho-chi-minh-xu-phat-tren-340-vu-vi-pham-ve-an-toan-thuc-pham\/","title":{"rendered":"Ho Chi Minh City Fines Over 340 Food Safety Violations"},"content":{"rendered":"
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During the 2023 Action Month for Food Safety, the Ho Chi Minh City Market Surveillance Department inspected 4,542 specialised and inter-agency cases on food hygiene and safety, imposed fines of more than VND 340 million, and placed nearly 5,600 products and over 1.4 tonnes of foodstuffs of various kinds under temporary custody.<\/i><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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According to information from the Ho Chi Minh City Market Surveillance Department<\/strong>, in implementation of the directions of the General Department of Market Surveillance, of the Central Inter-sectoral Steering Committee for Food Safety, and in rolling out the 2023 \u201cAction Month for Food Safety\u201d under the theme \u201cEnsuring food security and safety in the new situation\u201d, the Department issued documents directing its Market Surveillance Teams to strengthen territorial management and apply professional measures.<\/p>\n

The Ho Chi Minh City Market Surveillance Department required the Teams to focus on inspecting and monitoring key areas, goods transshipment points, warehouses and e-commerce transactions offering and advertising food, so as to promptly detect, inspect and handle acts of trading in smuggled food, counterfeit food, food of unknown origin and food that does not ensure safe use.<\/p>\n

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During the 2023 Action Month for Food Safety, the Ho Chi Minh City Market Surveillance Department inspected 4,542 specialised and inter-agency cases on food hygiene and safety<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cParticular attention must be paid to inspecting and handling violations of the regulations on food safety<\/strong> by organisations and individuals producing and trading processed and pre-packaged foodstuffs, and food items under the State management responsibility of the Ministry of Industry and Trade such as alcohol, beer, beverages, processed milk, vegetable oil, flour, starch, cakes, jams and confectionery...\u201d<\/em>, the leadership of the Ho Chi Minh City Market Surveillance Department directed.<\/p>\n

At the same time, the Department proactively coordinated with relevant functional agencies in the area to implement the Plan of the City's Inter-sectoral Steering Committee for Food Safety, joined the inter-sectoral inspection teams of Thu Duc City and of the districts and wards in rolling out the 2023 \u201cAction Month for Food Safety<\/a>\u201d, and strengthened inspection and timely handling of acts of trading in smuggled food, counterfeit food and food of unknown origin.<\/p>\n

In coordination with media agencies and relevant units, the Department disseminated and popularised the legal regulations on food production and trading and on the use of ingredients ensuring food safety. In parallel with specialised inspection work, the City's Market Surveillance Teams also actively joined inter-sectoral food safety teams and inter-sectoral teams for the prevention of avian and livestock disease at the gateways into and out of the city, contributing to ensuring food safety and consumer health.<\/p>\n

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The Ho Chi Minh City Market Surveillance Department imposed fines of more than VND 340 million and placed nearly 5,600 products and over 1.4 tonnes of foodstuffs of various kinds under temporary custody.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

During the Action Month for Food Safety, the Market Surveillance Teams inspected 4,542 specialised and inter-agency cases on food hygiene and safety, of which 39 were violations. The violating goods placed under temporary custody comprised 5,547 product units and 1,414 kg of foodstuffs of various kinds, with a total value of more than VND 200 million. Administrative fines of more than VND 340 million were imposed.<\/p>\n

The violations consisted mainly of: goods without invoices and documents; goods of unknown origin; employment of workers not wearing the prescribed protective clothing; storage areas and preservation warehouses lacking or incompletely equipped with shelves, racks, name plates, internal rules, processes and hygiene regimes; absence of business registration certificates...<\/p>\n

Typically, on 18 April 2023, Market Surveillance Team No. 3 inspected a business point at 268\/54 \u2013 268\/56 Han Hai Nguyen Street, Ward 9, District 11 and found that 500 kg of chia seeds were being traded there without invoices or documents, so a record was made to place the goods under temporary custody for further handling in accordance with regulations. As a result, a fine of VND 32.5 million was imposed and the entire violating goods were forced to be destroyed.<\/p>\n

Subsequently, on 20 April 2023, Market Surveillance Team No. 4 inspected USMART Company Limited, at 327 Tran Hung Dao Street, Co Giang Ward, District 1 and found that 565 product units of fruit candy of unknown origin were being traded there, so a record was made to place the goods under temporary custody for further handling in accordance with regulations. As a result, a fine of VND 16 million was imposed and the entire violating goods were forced to be destroyed.<\/p>\n

On 9 May 2023, Market Surveillance Team No. 7 inspected the warehouse of Nguyet Hoa One Member Company Limited at 30\/1 Nguyen Van Quy, Phu Thuan Ward, District 7 and found that 550 product units of foodstuffs of various kinds without invoices and documents were being traded there, so a record was made to place the goods under temporary custody for further handling in accordance with regulations. As a result, a fine of VND 35 million was imposed and the entire violating goods were forced to be destroyed.<\/p>\n

The Ho Chi Minh City Market Surveillance Department said that through market inspection and supervision during the 2023 Action Month for Food Safety, organisations and individuals complied with the regulations on conditions ensuring food safety in production and trading.<\/p>\n

Besides inspection and handling of violations, the Market Surveillance Teams also disseminated legal regulations to food production and trading establishments in the area, through which consumers have gained a better understanding of food safety and chosen to buy and use goods of reputable brands and establishments on the market<\/p>\n

\u201cInspection and examination work has been deployed in a synchronised and tightened manner, so acts of producing and trading goods that violate food hygiene and safety regulations have decreased\u201d,<\/em> the Ho Chi Minh City Market Surveillance Department reported.<\/p>\n

Although inspection and supervision have been strengthened, the situation of trading in smuggled food of unknown origin has not yet shown signs of abating, and the greater diversity of goods makes it difficult for the market surveillance force to detect and handle violations.<\/p>\n

In the coming time, in order to promptly detect and prevent violations related to food safety, the Ho Chi Minh City Market Surveillance Department will continue to implement Directive No. 17\/CT-TTg dated 13 April 2020 of the Prime Minister on continuing to strengthen State management responsibility for food safety in the new situation; Document No. 361\/TCQLTT-CNV dated 27 February 2022 of the General Department of Market Surveillance on the deployment of post-inspection food safety work in 2023; and Plan No. 594\/KH-QLTT dated 14 March 2022 of the Ho Chi Minh City Market Surveillance Department on the deployment of post-inspection food safety work in 2023, and will direct the Market Surveillance Teams to continue strengthening territorial management so as to promptly detect and strictly handle acts of trading in smuggled food, counterfeit food and food of unknown origin.<\/p>\n

Source: Tapchicongthuong<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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