Minimize the risk of food poisoning in communal kitchens

The document, signed by Deputy Minister of Health Do Xuan Tuyen, states that while certain results have been achieved in the prevention and control of food poisoning in recent times, many risks of food poisoning still exist, especially in collective kitchens of industrial zones, export processing zones, and schools... with a scale of thousands of meals.

To minimize the risk of food poisoning in collective kitchens, the Ministry of Health requests the Departments of Health of provinces and centrally-administered cities, the Ho Chi Minh City Food Safety Department, the Da Nang City Food Safety Management Board, and Bac Ninh province to coordinate with relevant functional agencies to strengthen the organization of training and dissemination of legal regulations on ensuring food safety and preventing food poisoning in collective kitchens.

Hanoi 's Inter-agency Inspection Team No. 1 on Food Safety and Hygiene inspected and traced the origin of food supplied to the collective canteen of Matsuo Industries Vietnam Co., Ltd. (Thang Long Industrial Park, Dong Anh District).

In addition, the units organized drills and prepared plans for handling and mitigating consequences, providing first aid, transporting and treating patients, as well as strengthening coordination between functional agencies when food safety incidents or food poisoning occur in collective kitchens.

In addition, the units instructed organizations and businesses with collective kitchens in the area to develop plans for preventing and handling food safety incidents and food poisoning cases, and to organize drills for mass food poisoning scenarios at their facilities.

Previously, the Ministry of Health also issued a document on preventing and handling food poisoning. Accordingly, the Ministry of Health requested the Departments of Health of provinces/cities, the Food Safety Department of Ho Chi Minh City, the Food Safety Management Board of Da Nang City, and Bac Ninh province to coordinate with relevant functional agencies to urgently implement measures to ensure food safety, monitor food safety risks, and prevent food poisoning in accordance with the actual situation in each locality.

Hanoi's Inter-agency Inspection Team No. 1 on Food Safety and Hygiene inspects school kitchens in Hoan Kiem District.

The Ministry of Health requests that units strengthen inter-agency cooperation in inspecting and monitoring food safety, focusing on ready-made meal processing facilities, collective kitchens in industrial zones and schools, food service establishments, street food vendors, and bottled water production and business establishments.

Units and establishments should pay attention to appropriate monitoring and guidance measures for mobile catering services, celebratory meals, wedding receptions, and large-scale memorial services within their jurisdiction.

In particular, the authorities are determined to strictly handle and suspend operations of establishments that do not meet food safety standards, and establishments that do not have a Food Safety Certificate (which is required to be issued).

In addition, relevant agencies will publicly disclose violations and the results of handling violations by organizations and individuals involved in food production and business through mass media to provide timely warnings.

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