(HBO) – Despite instructions at both provincial and grassroots levels, tens of food poisoning cases were reported in Hoa Binh province in 2018, with over 200 people affected, including one death.
Fast food outlets are
close together at the gate of Ly Tu Trong Primary School in Hoa Binh city.
Under the instruction of the provincial
steering board on food safety, last year, the provincial Health Department
established nine inspection groups and led inter-sectoral inspection
delegations in order to ensure food safety during the Tet (Lunar New Year)
festival and other holidays, as well as food safety month.
As many as 16 facilities were found to violate food safety regulations and had
to pay fines worth over 50 million VND.
Other six inter-sectoral delegations set up by the Department of Industry and
Trade, and the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development also imposed
administrative punishments worth 44 million VND on 29 out of 117 inspected food
production and business facilities.
Unscheduled inspections were also carried out at 115 bottled water and ice manufacturing
facilities, functional food production facilities, kitchens of factories and
schools, and food service businesses. Two of them were found to violate food
safety regulations.
Besides, 67 agro-forestry-fishery product production and business facilities
underwent inspections in the year. Competent forces revoked four licences and forced
12 facilities to suspend their operation.
Through unscheduled inspections, 20 out of 27 facilities were found to violate food
safety regulations and got administrative penalties worth over 56 million VND. Two
facilities received warnings for not ensuring food safety.
The Department of Industry and Trade inspected 983 facilities and uncovered 389
facilities violating food safety regulations. The department imposed
administrative punishments worth over 289 million VND and seized products worth
more than 3 million VND.
The provincial Police handled 92 organisations and individuals violating food
safety regulations, with total administrative fines of over 183 million VND. /.
The women's unions at all levels in Kim Boi district have been making significant contributions to the movement of building cultural life in the local community.
The movement helps improve rural look and the spiritual and material lives of local residents.
The Hoa Binh provincial People’s Committee has issued an action plan to ensure food safety, promote processing, and develop the market for agricultural, forestry, and fishery products in 2025.
In recent years, the development of rural handicrafts has not only helped preserve and promote the traditional values but it has also created jobs and improved incomes for the local residents.
By harmoniously combining traditional medicine with modern medical practices, the Hoa Binh Traditional Medicine Hospital is strengthening its role in the province’s healthcare system.
