Ho Chi Minh City engages in discussions with cake manufacturing and distribution companies about food safety and hygiene.

DNHN - Ho Chi Minh City Food Safety Management Board (Management Board) hosted a dialogue conference on October 19 to implement food safety assurance and prevent business food safety incidents. In the city, there are both pastry production

Ho Chi Minh City pastry production and business establishments will have the opportunity to speak directly with the leaders of the Ho Chi Minh City Food Safety Management Board at this conference, thereby contributing to the resolution of problems and difficulties. problems with the production and business processes.

Ms. Pham Khanh Phong Lan, Head of the Management Board, welcomed the presence of establishments at the Conference so that the Management Board could quickly exchange information and provide guidance to cake-producing and cake-trading establishments in the city on ensuring and preventing food safety incidents. The Management Board hopes that businesses and establishments will continue to strictly comply with legal regulations in their respective fields to reduce poisoning incidents and contribute to the provision of truly healthy, safe food for consumers.

On the occasion of the Conference, the heads of the Management Board's specialised departments provided production and commercial establishments with detailed information about the food safety situation. The Food Poisoning Management Department specifically reports the poisoning situation for the first nine months of 2023. The Licencing Department instructs businesses on how to locate legal foundations and related legal documents. about the industry, including conditions to ensure food safety when producing and trading bakery products, labelling methods, and regulations on the use of additives to comply with legal regulations during the circulation of goods.

Concerning product quality management, the Food Quality Management Department has outlined and documented the basis of origin, quality control for input raw materials, and labelling notes according to production batch to facilitate the tracing, processing, or recalling of products in the event of an incident. The Inspection Department administers Decree No. 115/2018/ND-CP prescribing penalties for administrative violations of food safety, which lists common violations by food production and business establishments, including Unsatisfactory physical conditions (safe distance from pollution sources, factory cleaning regime), equipment and tool conditions (trash cans), human conditions (personal hygiene, practical operations during production and processing), origin, shelf life of food. In addition, please note that food production and commercial enterprises are dependent on Depending on the nature and severity of the violation, the facility will either be treated as an administrative violation under Decree 115/2018/ND-CP or may be prosecuted for criminal liability under Article 317 of the 2015 Penal Code. (updated in 2017). The Department of Information, Education, and Communications guides businesses regarding food safety training for individuals involved in food production and processing.

In addition, the Conference devoted time to addressing questions and challenges posed by cake production and commercial enterprises during the implementation of administrative procedures, such as the issuance of establishment certificates. Eligibility requirements for food safety, product declaration self-declaration procedures, etc. By exchanging and consolidating knowledge, establishments can establish a strict legal framework within which to operate. This is also an opportunity for establishments to discuss directly with Management Board leaders, thereby contributing to the resolution of production and business difficulties encountered by establishments.

P.V