Ministry of Health warns of potential risks from “dirty skewers” grilled on the streets

The Department of Food Safety - Ministry of Health has sent an official dispatch to the Hanoi Department of Health requesting to strengthen the work of ensuring food safety and preventing food poisoning in the city, focusing on street food establishments, food around schools, night markets, and grilled meat, skewers, and fast food.

The Food Safety Department requested the Hanoi Department of Health to coordinate with local functional units to strictly control the source of raw materials, food additives, and cooking oils, especially for grilled meat, skewers, fast food, etc. at food service establishments, street food, and food around schools; and strictly handle violations of food safety regulations.

The Food Safety Department also warned that consuming unhygienic food, especially grilled "dirty skewers", can cause many serious health risks such as food poisoning (abdominal pain, diarrhea, acute vomiting).

Besides, there is the risk of intestinal infection from bacteria such as E.coli, Salmonella, staphylococcus... leading to prolonged digestive disorders; or causing long-term accumulation of toxins because frying oil is reused many times, easily creating carcinogenic substances./.

(TTXVN/Vietnam+)

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