Posts Tagged ‘ Safety And Hygiene Standards ’

Health ministry urges consumers to report food safety violations

August 26, 2009
Health ministry urges consumers to report food safety violations

LookAtVietnam – Consumers in Viet Nam should be encouraged to speak up about companies that violate food safety laws, Inspectors of HCM City Health Department check origins and quality of food in Binh Tay market.Speaking during a two-hour show on food safety and hygiene, Trinh Quan Huan said educational campaigns about food safety had raised [...]

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Bottlers fined $100,000 for selling germ-infected water

May 31, 2009
Bottlers fined $100,000 for selling germ-infected water

LookAtVietnam – HCM City Department of Health inspectors have handed out fines of VND1.8 billion (US$101,123) to ice and bottled water plants for violating food safety and hygiene standards. Most well water in the city is polluted and unsafe for daily use or to use for ice or bottled water. (Photo: VNN)Inspector Nguyen Minh Hung [...]

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City health department worried about bottled water quality

February 21, 2009
City health department worried about bottled water quality

A visitor drinks bottled water in Ho Chi Minh City. The city health officials have sounded caution about the quality of water being bottled by local small producers. The Ho Chi Minh City Health Department has expressed concern over the hygiene and safety of bottled water being sold by several small producers. The department has [...]

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Call to change law on stock transport

February 10, 2009
Call to change law on stock transport

LookAtVietnam – The Ministry of Justice has asked the city’s People’s Committee to change unfair bans on the transport of cattle and poultry by motorbike, bicycle and cyclo. “There are few gaping holes in the committee’s official decision to create new regulations for the transport and slaughter of poultry and cattle”.“Even though the regulations to [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...