Nghe An ensures food safety for tourists during the April 30 and May 1 holidays
(Baonghean.vn) - It is forecasted that many people from other provinces and cities will return to Nghe An for the April 30 and May 1 holidays. In hot weather conditions, the demand for food consumption increases, which will lead to a high risk of food safety problems.
Strengthen inspection and guidance
Cua Lo town is expected to welcome a large number of tourists during the April 30 and May 1 holidays this year. Before and during the holidays, restaurants and hotels in the town have increased measures to ensure food safety and hygiene for tourists.
Mr. Luu Nhat Vu - Deputy Director of Muong Thanh Grand Cua Lo Hotel, said: “At this time, the hotel's kitchen and restaurant have a capacity to serve 2,000 guests per day. To ensure food safety during the tourist season, the hotel has sent its staff to participate in all training courses organized by the Department of Health and Cua Lo town. Every week, the hotel also conducts training for staff on food preservation and processing. The hotel strengthens self-inspection and internal control; ensuring that frozen food is not left in stock for more than 7 days. During the preservation and processing stage, the hotel pays close attention to clean and hygienic conditions. Along with that, it carries out 3-step food inspection well and stores food samples according to regulations".
Similarly, the issue of ensuring food hygiene and safety is also being focused on by restaurants in Cua Lo Town. Ms. Ho Thi Hang - Owner of Thuy Hang Restaurant said: "Food hygiene and safety is a vital issue for the food service industry. Therefore, we always comply with food safety regulations, as well as the procedures applied to prepare dishes, ensuring the 10 golden principles in food processing, ensuring the health of consumers... The restaurant only buys food with clear origins from suppliers with food safety certificates from state agencies".
It is known that, to ensure the safety of tourists, before the tourist season, Cua Lo town organized many training courses on food safety and hygiene for all food production, processing, trading and catering establishments. At the same time, the town has also increased the dissemination of legal regulations on food safety, knowledge in selecting, preserving and processing food to establishments and traders; established an interdisciplinary inspection team to ensure food safety and measurement standards to inspect food production, processing, trading and catering establishments in the area.
Accompanying Cua Lo town, before the April 30 and May 1 holidays, Nghe An Food Safety and Hygiene Department also came to guide the work of ensuring food safety and hygiene at a number of hotels and restaurants with large service capacity. Recording the reality at the establishments, Mr. Pham Ngoc Quy - Head of Nghe An Food Safety and Hygiene Department, said: The owners of the establishments all complied well with the regulations on food sample storage, had food origin, had certificates of establishments meeting food safety conditions, contracts and periodic health examination certificates for service staff... ensuring the prescribed criteria.
Raising awareness of food poisoning prevention
Like Cua Lo town, this time, it is expected that many tourists will visit the Kim Lien National Special Historical Site, Nam Dan district. To ensure good food safety and hygiene, Nam Dan district has launched the Action Month for Food Safety with the participation of all food production, processing, trading and catering establishments. Thereby, the district focuses on promoting propaganda to raise awareness and responsibility for cadres, party members, establishment owners as well as consumers in ensuring food safety and ensuring the health of the race.
Mr. Vuong Hong Thai - Vice Chairman of Nam Dan District People's Committee, shared: The district directs establishments to strictly implement the provisions of the Food Safety Law; build a safe and quality Nam Dan food brand. The district strictly maintains food safety streets in the town; supports units and establishments in propaganda work, building brands such as signs, boards, introducing production, processing and business establishments to ensure good quality and food safety... On this occasion, the district has also established interdisciplinary inspection teams to operate continuously during this time; promptly handle cases of law violations; and prevent any food poisoning incidents.
On April 16, the People's Committee of Nghe An province issued Decision No. 93/QD-UBND to inspect the compliance with legal regulations on ensuring food safety during the "Month of Action for Food Safety" in 2024 in Nghe An province. Accordingly, the province's interdisciplinary inspection team will operate from April 16 to May 15. Mr. Mai Hong Phong - Deputy Head of the interdisciplinary inspection team, said: The team will operate continuously during the holiday to conduct periodic and surprise inspections of food production, processing, trading and catering establishments in the area.
According to Mr. Mai Hong Phong: The April 30 and May 1 holidays are always the time when tourist destinations serve at "full capacity". The number of visitors increases sharply, many restaurants and eateries no longer ensure adequate food hygiene and safety steps as usual. In addition, storing too much food also reduces the quality of the food. "Overloaded" tourists easily lead to a situation of poor cooking, poor hygiene, and insufficient raw materials.
In addition, it is very difficult for authorities to closely manage small eateries and street vendors. Food vendors lack knowledge of food hygiene and safety, so food poisoning cases are very likely to occur.
To have a safe holiday, tourists in particular and all people need to raise awareness of the dangers of food poisoning; do not "risk" eating raw or raw dishes in the summer, when the hot weather is a favorable environment for disease and insects to develop; and cooperate with authorities by reporting establishments that do not ensure food safety and hygiene./.
