Nghe An promotes communication, inspection and examination activities on food safety

Recently, the People's Committee of Nghe An province issued Plan No. 211/KH-UBND to implement "Month of action for food safety" in Nghe An province in 2022.

Accordingly: This year's Food Safety Action Month has the theme "Continuing to enhance the role and responsibility of producers, traders and consumers of agricultural products".foodin the new situation". Implementation period from April 15, 2022 to May 15, 2022. Implementation scope in the whole province.

Food Safety Action Month is being implemented to promote the role and responsibility of organizations, individuals and businesses in enforcing food safety laws. Photo: Thanh Cuong

The implementation of the Food Safety Action Month aims to strengthen the work of accurate, timely, comprehensive, responsible and honest information and communication on issues related to food safety in order to promote the role and responsibility of organizations, individuals and enterprises in enforcing food safety laws; promote the role of authorities at all levels, management agencies, social organizations and consumer supervision in compliance with food safety laws; strengthen the handling of violations of food safety laws and minimize poisoning due to consumption of unsafe food.

Activities carried out during the Food Safety Action Month include: Organizing the Launching Ceremony and Workshop to popularize the "Food Safety Action Month"; organizing a communication campaign to ensure food safety in many forms; establishing interdisciplinary inspection and examination teams from the provincial level to the commune, ward and town levels; organizing new inspections and post-inspections of organizations and individuals producing, trading and advertising food; departments, branches and localities organizing the establishment of food safety monitoring teams at food production, processing and trading establishments, catering services and monitoring the risk of contamination for commonly used items.

Nghe An Provincial People's Committee clearly assigned: At the provincial level, the Department of Health (the standing agency of the Provincial Food Safety Steering Committee) presides over and coordinates with departments, branches and sectors to base on the plan to effectively implement the Action Month 2022 and achieve the goals... At the district and commune levels, the People's Committees of districts, cities, towns and communes, wards and towns base on the plan to implement the Action Month 2022 of the Provincial People's Committee to direct relevant sectors to develop plans and implement. Relevant departments, branches and units base on their functions to effectively implement the plan./.