The largest salted eggplant production facility in Vinh city violates food hygiene and safety

January 6, DelegationcheckVinh city's inter-sectoral team inspected production, business, and food safety and hygiene activities at Mr. Nguyen Trong Minh's Van Minh salted eggplant production facility. Photo: Thanh Chung

This facility is located at 72 Nguyen Chich Street, Quang Trung Ward, Vinh City. The processing area is located next to the house, with a space of less than 10 m²temporarily covered, moldy, and smelly. Photo: Thanh Chung

At the time of inspection, the facility had 2 employees producing and packaging pickled eggplant products. The facility currently has about 600 boxes of pickled eggplant, pickled shallots, pickled onions, and pickled royal vegetables (each box weighs 1 kg) ready to be released to the market. Photo: Thanh Chung

In the processing area, there are also 20 barrels (each with a capacity of 180 liters) containing pickled eggplant. All the barrels, buckets and basins do not have lids, which is not hygienic. Photo: Thanh Chung

In addition, production areas, food storage areas, food ingredients, food additives, food processing aids, utensils, and packaging materials that come into direct contact with food are all susceptible to harmful insects and animals. Photo: Thanh Chung

At the time of inspection, this facility did not have a business registration certificate, a certificate of food safety eligibility, etc. Actual inspection showed that the facility also did not meet food safety and hygiene requirements. Photo: Thanh Chung

Working with the interdisciplinary inspection team, Mr. Nguyen Trong Minh - owner of Van Minh salted eggplant production facility said: His family has been producing salted eggplant for 8 years now. Every day he buys about 100 kg of eggplant from Vinh market for production; sells about a few hundred boxes of eggplant. NearlyLunar New YearThe facility also produces onions, pickles, and pickled vegetables to serve the market. Photo: Thanh Chung

Working with the interdisciplinary inspection team, Mr. Nguyen Trong Minh himself was also aware that his facility was very unhygienic and "unacceptable" in terms of food safety. The interdisciplinary inspection team of Vinh city made a record of the inspection and violations and invited the owner of the salted eggplant production facility to the Vinh City People's Committee to work. Currently, the Vinh City People's Committee is taking steps to handle the violations in accordance with legal regulations. Photo: Thanh Chung