Controlling the market of cakes and candies during the Mid-Autumn Festival

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- The Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, the market for goods, especially cakes and candies, has begun to become bustling. To contribute to ensuring the rights of consumers, the authorities, the core of which is the Provincial Market Management Department, have strengthened the supervision, inspection and control of the market to push back counterfeit goods, fake goods and unsafe food.

Officers of the Provincial Market Management Department check moon cakes at a grocery store on Tran Quang Khai Street, Luong Van Tri Ward, Lang Son Province.

During the Mid-Autumn Festival, consumer demand for items such as moon cakes, candies, fruits, etc. increases. Most of the goods sold during the Mid-Autumn Festival in the area are domestically produced, with beautiful and diverse designs, meeting consumer demand.

Ms. Nguyen Thi Ha, owner of a grocery store on Tran Quang Khai Street, Luong Van Tri Ward, said: Currently, my store sells about 200 types of cakes and candies, including some reputable brands of moon cakes in Lang Son such as Nhan, Thanh Trung, Thien Chinh moon cakes... In addition, the number of people buying moon cakes has started from 2 weeks ago. Currently, customers are very interested in the quality, origin, expiry date, and labels of the products. Therefore, we import quality products from reputable brands and establishments with full documents according to regulations to ensure food safety and hygiene for customers.

According to reporters' records on the central streets of Dong Kinh ward, Luong Van Tri ward, Ky Lua ward... the atmosphere of trading and shopping for cakes and candies to serve the Mid-Autumn Festival has begun to bustle since the middle of the 7th lunar month. Moon cake stalls of big brands such as Kinh Do, Bibica... are set up spaciously, eye-catching, attracting consumers. At grocery stores, markets, supermarkets, and shopping centers, moon cakes, candies, toys... with many types and designs are displayed to attract people to buy products.

To ensure food safety for people during the Mid-Autumn Festival, the Inter-sectoral Steering Committee on Food Safety and Hygiene of Lang Son province issued Official Dispatch No. 3127/CV-BCDLNVSATTP on strengthening food safety assurance during the Mid-Autumn Festival in 2025. Mr. Hua Duc Tung, Deputy Head of the Provincial Market Management Department, said: The Provincial Market Management Department has established an Inter-sectoral Inspection Team on food safety. Mid-Autumn Festival 2025. Accordingly, from September 18 to October 6, 2025, The interdisciplinary inspection team will begin to inspect 10 moon cake production facilities across the province. Along with that, the Teams under the Provincial Market Management Department also coordinated with the People's Committees of communes and wards of the province to conduct food safety inspections for 59 production facilities.   trading moon cakes and other food products in the whole province. Thereby, in order to promptly detect, prevent and strictly handle production and business establishments that violate the regulations on production and trading of moon cakes, cakes and candies that do not ensure food hygiene and safety on the market during this year's Mid-Autumn Festival.

Market Management Team No. 1 is in charge of the areas of wards: Luong Van Tri, Ky Lua, Dong Kinh and Tam Thanh, where many supermarkets and large-scale grocery stores are concentrated. During the Mid-Autumn Festival, the demand for cakes and candies will increase, especially moon cakes, Mr. Chu Ngoc Ha, Captain of Market Management Team No. 1 said: the unit has proactively strengthened the work of grasping the situation.   business, especially the production and sale of moon cakes in the area. As the Head of the Interdisciplinary Food Safety and Hygiene Inspection Team, on September 18, 2025, We organized a team to conduct a site inspection of two moon cake production facilities. Through inspection, it was found that both facilities fully complied with production regulations, raw materials had clear origins, moon cakes had clear stamps, labels, production dates, and expiration dates, and the products were registered with the authorities.

To have a happy and safe Mid-Autumn Festival for every family, in addition to the active participation of all levels and sectors, consumers should choose to buy products with clear origin, stamps, labels, and expiry dates of goods and should buy at reputable, branded stores to ensure the rights and safety for themselves and their loved ones. Ms. Nguyen Quynh, Ky Lua ward, Lang Son province shared: Every year during the Mid-Autumn Festival, my family buys candy and candies, including indispensable moon cakes; through research and listening to propaganda information from the authorities, I always choose to buy moon cakes from reputable stores and brands, with clear origin, stamps, labels, production date, and expiry date.

In the coming time, the authorities will continue to strengthen inspections of food hygiene and safety at production and business establishments, combined with promoting propaganda, raising awareness and sense of law compliance for people, contributing to a safe, warm and joyful Mid-Autumn Festival.

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