January 22, 2011
HCMC health officials check food products at the Binh Tay wholesale market. Health inspectors from Ho Chi Minh City disposed of nearly 3,000 eggs that did not meet food safety and hygiene requirements during an inspection carried out Tuesday. The inspection also found many pork bologna samples contaminated with borax, as well as nearly 51 [...]
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December 20, 2010
A food testing department at Ho Chi Minh City's Institute of Hygiene and Public Health. A lack of funds and expertise has limited Vietnam’s ability to test food safety and hygiene, experts say. Vietnam is still passive in detecting food safety and hygiene problems, with agencies dealing with them after receiving reports, Nguyen Cong Khan, head of [...]
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December 19, 2009
Food safety authorities have launched nationwide testing of toasted watermelon seeds after the popular snack was found soaked in carcinogenic chemicals last week. Health officials inspect the premises of a watermelon seeds producer in the south-central Binh Thuan Province.Le Thi Hong Hao, deputy head of the National Institute for Testing Food Safety and Hygiene, said [...]
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December 19, 2009
Health officials inspect the premises of a watermelon seeds producer in the south-central Binh Thuan Province. Food safety authorities have launched nationwide testing of toasted watermelon seeds after the popular snack was found soaked in carcinogenic chemicals last week in central Da Nang City. Le Thi Hong Hao, deputy head of the National Institute for [...]
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December 3, 2009
Dairy experts and producers have called for the establishment of dairy zones and stressed the need for one organisation to manage the sector and create measures . . . Quality checks at the International Dairy Product Joint Stock Company.The issue was raised by participants at the recent conference on Dairy Development Planning of Viet Nam [...]
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November 13, 2009
Dried fruit sold in Binh Tay Market, Ho Chi Minh City, with no information about the origin, or production or expiry dates. Health authorities in Ho Chi Minh City on Wednesday said they have found dried fruits in the market containing lead and a banned artificial sweetener. The city Health Department took six dried fruit [...]
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October 16, 2009
A woman in Hanoiâs Dong Anh village bleaches Chinese industrial chicken eggs in an acid solution to make them look like Vietnamese ‘garden eggs.’ Industrial chicken eggs are being sold in Ho Chi Minh City as âVietnamese garden eggsâ after being bleached with an acid formula, consumers and officials said. Advertised as eggs produced by [...]
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September 10, 2009
LookAtVietnam – The responsibility of managing food safety should be divided among three concerned ministries, an official told a Hanoi conference on Monday. LookAtVietnam – The responsibility of managing food safety should be divided among three concerned ministries, an official told a Hanoi conference on Monday. Nguyen Tu Cuong, director of the National Fisheries Quality [...]
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September 9, 2009
A chicken pho restaurant in Ho Chi Minh City. The responsibility of managing food safety should be divided among three concerned ministries, an official told a Hanoi conference on Monday. Nguyen Tu Cuong, director of the National Fisheries Quality Assurance and Veterinary Directorate (NAFIQAVED), suggested the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development oversee the production [...]
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August 26, 2009
Tapioca balls in Hanoi are laden with toxins, health agencies said Wednesday after a Chinese newspaper reported earlier this month that supposed tapioca balls made in that country were actually made of polymer. The Hanoi Health department said tapioca ball samples were taken randomly from wholesale markets and three milk tea shops in the city [...]
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