January and February are the time of many festivals. Coming to festivals, in addition to spring travel, visitors often want to enjoy unique cuisine in each locality. Therefore, the demand for food consumption increases, ensuring food safety and hygiene needs to be focused on.
Officers of the Quarantine, Diagnosis and Testing Station - Department of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine of the province check food safety and hygiene at a pork business in Thanh Mieu ward, Viet Tri.
In fact, in recent times, many cases of food poisoning have been discovered in many localities across the country, especially with regard to processed foods such as ham, sausage, fried balls... The authorities have also discovered and stopped many shipments of animal products that do not meet veterinary hygiene and food safety requirements for business...
In order to ensure consumer safety during the Spring Festival, the Provincial Department of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine has strengthened the control of slaughter, veterinary hygiene, and the use of banned substances in animal husbandry. Since the beginning of January, the Department has collected 182 urine samples of livestock at buffalo and cow fattening facilities; animal slaughterhouses in the province to test for residues of banned substances Salbutamol, Clenbuterol and Ractopamin; collected 4 chicken samples at 4 animal product trading establishments in Viet Tri city and Phu Tho town; 10 beef and pork samples at slaughterhouses in Thanh Thuy and Lam Thao districts to test for antibiotic residues and microbial contamination in animal products. The good news is that at the facilities and inspection units, no residues of banned substances, antibiotics were detected...
In addition, to strengthen control over animals and animal products circulating in or through the province, the Animal Quarantine - Diagnosis and Testing Station under the Department has also strengthened coordination with the traffic police and market management forces to control transportation through the area. In the first month of 2025 alone, the Animal Quarantine - Diagnosis and Testing Station under the Department of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine and the coordinating forces discovered 3 violations with over 1 ton of damaged animal organs and animal products, with fines of over 30 million VND.
Ms. Nguyen Thi Thuy - Head of the Tam Nong District Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Station said: During the first festival of the year, the demand for food is many times higher than usual, so choosing and ensuring food safety is extremely important. Under the direction of the Department, the Station has proposed to the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development to advise the District People's Committee to establish and organize an interdisciplinary inspection team to inspect restaurants, traditional markets, slaughterhouses... to ensure food safety and hygiene for consumers; resolutely handle violations to avoid affecting the province's tourism development.
Mr. Hoang Manh Thong - Head of the Department of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine affirmed: To ensure the safety of consumers and tourists visiting, visiting and enjoying spring during the Spring Festival, the Department has directed the District Stations to strengthen coordination with functional forces to promote information dissemination, inspection and handling of violations of regulations on veterinary hygiene and food safety. At the same time, proactively advise the District People's Committee to direct livestock breeding, slaughtering and meat product trading establishments in the area to have solutions for management, production and trading to ensure food safety to avoid unfortunate incidents.
Phan Cuong
Source: https://baophutho.vn/de-le-hoi-dau-xuan-them-an-toan-227479.htm
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