Strengthening food safety and food poisoning prevention at schools
(Baonghean.vn) - This is the direction of the Food Safety and Hygiene Department in response to the situation in many localities across the country where a number of poisoning cases related to food sold in front of school gates have occurred.
Accordingly, to proactively ensure food safety and prevent food poisoning at schools in Nghe An province, the Department of Food Safety and Hygiene requests the Office of the People's Council - People's Committee of Tuong Duong, Thanh Chuong, Quy Chau, Que Phong districts and the health departments of districts, cities and towns across the province to coordinate with the Department of Education and Training of districts, cities and towns to strengthen communication and training to disseminate knowledge of food safety and foodborne diseases for schools with semi-boarding and boarding kitchens; raise awareness, roles and responsibilities of heads of educational institutions.
In addition, it is necessary to promote propaganda and education to raise awareness and change unsafe behaviors and habits in food selection, preservation, processing and use of food by education managers, teachers, school staff, students and parents.
In the process of organizing a collective kitchen,school kitchensMust comply with legal regulations on food safety conditions for hygiene of facilities, equipment, tools, and practices of food processing personnel; in particular, strictly implement regulations on 3-step food inspection, food sample storage, and strict control of input materials.
Before the hot season, to deal with the risk of food safety loss, the Food Safety Department also issued a document requesting relevant agencies to deploy measures to monitor the risk of food safety loss. Especially focusing on the period from April to August and focusing on subjects such as residents in coastal areas and ethnic minorities in remote areas.
Regarding this issue, Mr. Pham Ngoc Quy - Head of the Food Safety and Hygiene Department also said: In recent years, in Nghe An, there have been no cases of poisoning related to food sold in front of school gates.
However, the risk of food insecurity is still likely to occur because there are currently many goods and foods of unknown origin being sold at shops in front of school gates; the conditions for preservation according to regulations are not strictly followed. Therefore, in parallel with the warning, in the coming time, the industry will establish an inspection team to monitor the work of ensuring food safety in school kitchens; food service establishments, street food in the area around schools.
From there, promptly detect products and facilities that do not ensure food safety so that the school can inform parents and students, and at the same time, strictly handle violations (if any) according to the provisions of the law.
