(Baonghean.vn)- The situation of displaying and processing meat and fish right in the middle of dirty ground and next to drainage ditches happens every day in markets in Nghe An province.
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| Vinh Market is the central market of Nghe An province, where a variety of goods are sold for consumption and wholesale to other markets. In recent times, ensuring food safety for people has been paid attention to, but not regularly, so the risk of food safety is always present. Photo: Poultry stalls at Vinh market, water and waste flows into the surrounding environment. Photo: Quang An. |
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| In winter, vegetables from the North of unknown origin are smuggled into Vinh market for consumption and are seized by authorities. Photo: Dinh Nguyet. |
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| Some spontaneous markets have sprung up along the roads, such as Hung Thinh - Hung Nguyen market. Vendors process fish directly on the roadside and the market has no place to drain wastewater. Photo: Phuong Thuy. |
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| At Ngo market, Son Hai commune, it is common for vendors to not wear gloves or masks when preparing food. In the seafood selling area, vendors process fish and eels right at the market. Processed food is left on the brick and cement floors, next to other waste. This can easily contaminate food, as well as pollute the market environment, increasing the risk of spreading disease to the community. Photo: Thanh Toan |
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| Fish is processed right on the ground at Ngo Son Hai market. Photo: Thanh Toan. |
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| The inspection and management of food safety at rural markets is still facing many difficulties. The inspection, examination and handling of food safety violations at the district and commune levels are still limited. Most of the violating establishments at the commune level are not punished but only warned, so they are not enough to deter, and the equipment for food safety inspection is not guaranteed. Mr. Ho The Thanh - Deputy Head of the Health Department of Quynh Luu district said: "The most difficult thing in inspecting food safety at markets today is that most individual businesses do not meet the production and business conditions." Photo: Thanh Toan. |
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