The Danang government has fined 88 food trading and manufacturing entities for administrative violations after some 2,599 units were inspected in quarter one, said Nguyen Tan Hai, head of the Danang Food Safety Management Board.
Hai told a review meeting on food safety and hygiene last week that of 120 food processors and traders checked, eight were fined over VND37 million. Besides, the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development carried out inspections of 111 food-trading units in which 43 were fined a total of VND90 million.
Hai told the Daily that the city has no laboratories capable of testing chopped meat for Sodium Benzoate at some processors found to violate food safety regulations.
In quarter two, Hai said, 10 inspections will be carried out, especially of agro-aqua-forestry products which are often found to have residues of banned substances.
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