Strengthening control of the moon cake market

In addition to the increased inspection and supervision of moon cake quality by authorities, consumers need to carefully choose cakes with clear origins to protect their health when using them.

A shop selling imported cakes. Photo: KH

Recently, the City Food Safety Management Board coordinated with the Hoa Cuong Ward Police to inspect and supervise a number of food production and trading establishments serving the Mid-Autumn Festival in the area. Through inspection, the authorities discovered a number of cake products with foreign language labels but without Vietnamese sub-labels as required.

To protect consumers' health, authorities in the city have implemented many measures to strengthen inspection and supervision, while promoting propaganda so that people can proactively choose safe products.

On August 29, the City Food Safety Management Board issued Plan No. 887 to implement a food safety inspection for the 2025 Mid-Autumn Festival. Accordingly, from September 8 to October 8, functional forces will simultaneously conduct inspections in communes and wards across the city.

At the same time, in coordination with the City Police, the Market Management Department conducted inspections of food production and trading establishments, closely monitored the work of preventing smuggling and trade fraud. In addition, the People's Committees of communes and wards established interdisciplinary inspection teams, focusing on moon cake businesses, grocery stores, and food stores to promptly detect and handle violations.

Authorities inspect moon cake products at a business establishment. Photo: KH

According to the City Food Safety Management Board, after only two weeks of implementation, the inspection team inspected 22 establishments in areas such as Hai Chau ward, Hoa Cuong ward, Hoa Tien commune, Hoa Vang commune and Ba Na commune. Initial results recorded that the majority of production and business establishments strictly complied with regulations on hygiene conditions of establishments, equipment, origin of raw materials, additives and product declaration records.

However, there are still some violations such as trading in imported products without Vietnamese sub-labels or product labels lacking information on the production facility and address.

In addition to checking the actual conditions, the inspection team randomly took 10 moon cake samples to test for safety indicators. In case the results do not meet the standards, the Food Safety Management Board will trace and recall all violating products and widely warn consumers to promptly grasp the situation.

The City Market Management Department has strengthened market inspection and control before, during and after the Mid-Autumn Festival, focusing on preventing smuggled food, fake and poor quality goods. Key items include moon cakes, candies, soft drinks and children's toys.

In addition, propaganda and guidance work for production and business establishments to comply with regulations on food safety, labeling and product quality is being carried out synchronously. Violations will be strictly and publicly handled to deter and ensure a transparent business environment.

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