Food safety inspection at the service point of the 9th extraordinary session, 15th National Assembly

Head of the Hanoi Food Safety Department Dang Thanh Phong said that the Department has issued Plan No. 09/KH-CCATVSTP to ensure food safety for the 9th extraordinary session of the 15th National Assembly to effectively control food safety, detect early, handle, and minimize food poisoning that affects the health of delegates attending the session.

Head of Hanoi Food Safety Department Dang Thanh Phong inspects the kitchen at the National Assembly Building.

The 9th extraordinary session of the 15th National Assembly will take place from February 12 to February 18, 2025. Accordingly, there are 5 locations to serve delegates attending the session. That is the meeting location, the National Assembly House (No. 1, Doc Lap Street, Ba Dinh District, Hanoi).

The interdisciplinary delegation noted that the kitchen at the National Assembly Building should rearrange the dry food storage to be more scientific, neat and tidy.

Hotels and guesthouses where delegates eat and stay: National Assembly Guest House (27A Tran Hung Dao, Hoan Kiem); Convention Center (37 Hung Vuong, Ba Dinh); La Thanh Guest House (266 Van Phuc, Ba Dinh); Amy Hotel (No. 1 Nguyen Tri Phuong, Ba Dinh).

Inspection team at La Thanh Guest House kitchen.

At 5 points serving delegates, the delegation checked legal documents and recorded information about the origin and source of food.

Rapid testing of bowl and plate samples at La Thanh guesthouse all met requirements.

In particular, the delegation inspected the kitchen, facilities, compliance with food safety regulations such as sanitation of the facility, surrounding sewers, equipment for processing, preserving, and storing food, employee health, and implementation of wearing masks, hair covers, not using rings or watches when handling food, using tongs to pick up cooked food; and checking food sample storage tools.

Head of Hanoi Food Safety Department Dang Thanh Phong checks food sample storage.

Along with that, the delegation also inspected the warehouse for storing raw materials and food; the food preparation and processing stages; checked the menu of meals served to delegates and the storage of food samples.

Head of Hanoi Food Safety Department Dang Thanh Phong inspects the warehouse containing raw materials at La Thanh Guest House.

Through on-site inspection, the delegation noted that all locations serving delegates met food safety requirements as prescribed. The interdisciplinary delegation requested that restaurants, hotels, and locations serving delegates maintain and implement synchronously and effectively food safety activities; and prevent and combat food poisoning.

Head of Food Poisoning Surveillance Department, Hanoi Food Safety Department Le Thi Hang spoke at the inspection.

Head of the Hanoi Food Safety Department Dang Thanh Phong stated that during the National Assembly session, the Hanoi Food Safety Department also arranged teams to inspect and supervise food safety at locations, hotels, and restaurants serving delegates.

The delegation inspected the kitchen at the National Assembly Guest House (27A Tran Hung Dao, Hoan Kiem).

The unit requires the on-duty teams to conduct three-step inspections of the meeting service points. In which, the on-duty teams fully implement three steps from purchasing food ingredients to the process of transporting, preserving, processing and using food and keeping food samples according to regulations. At the same time, perform rapid food testing and hygiene regimes for food containers.

Through on-site inspection, the delegation noted that all locations serving delegates met food safety requirements according to regulations.

In addition, the mobile team on duty at the unit promptly responds to and deploys investigation and handling plans when food poisoning or food-borne diseases occur.

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