Implement measures to ensure food safety in schools and collective kitchens

The Ministry of Health has just issued a document requesting the Ministry of Education and Training and the Inter-sectoral Steering Committee on Food Safety of provinces and cities to strengthen the work of ensuring food safety in schools and collective kitchens.

Accordingly, the Ministry of Health requested the Ministry of Education and Training, the Inter-sectoral Steering Committee on Food Safety of provinces and cities to direct agencies and units to proactively develop plans to ensure food safety for collective kitchens. Ensure that kitchens at schools, collective kitchens in industrial parks/export processing zones, kitchens at medical facilities, food service establishments, street food establishments must be inspected, supervised, post-inspected..., not allowing establishments that do not ensure food safety to operate.

At the same time, strengthen inter-sectoral work in inspection and post-inspection; thereby, promptly detect and resolutely handle violations of food safety regulations according to the provisions of law.

The Ministry of Health also requires raising awareness, roles and responsibilities of heads of establishments, collective kitchen organizers, ready-to-eat meal suppliers, owners of food service and street food establishments, especially management boards of industrial parks/export processing zones, school principals, and leaders of medical facilities to ensure sustainable food production and business and responsibility for public health...

Along with that, direct medical units in the area to prepare plans, standing forces, vehicles, supplies, chemicals; handle, promptly overcome, and minimize the impact when food poisoning occurs.

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