Lack of co-operation one of many hurdles to ensuring food safety
Vice chairman of National Assembly Committee for Science, Technology and Environment Nguyen Dang Vang spoke to Thoi bao Kinh te Viet Nam (Vietnam Economic Times) about hygiene violations.
Despite long-running food safety and hygiene inspections across Viet Nam, low-quality imported food that poses the risk of food poisoning remains popular. How do you explain this?
The health sector is in charge of inspections of food safety and hygiene standards while the agricultural sector is responsible for plant and animal quarantine and animal health supervision. Because they have yet to unify import procedures for these kinds of commodities, both the health sector and the agricultural sector feel confused over how to best deal with violations when they are discovered.
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