World Bank releases report on food safety in VietnamFood safety is becoming a great concern for the public, according to a report released by the World Bank in Vietnam during a seminar in Hanoi on March 27. Besides, abuse of chemicals used in agriculture is a challenge for food safety. Speaking at the event, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam, head of the Central Inter-Sector Steering Committee on Food Safety and Hygiene, thanked the WB and international organisations for assisting Vietnam in food safety issues over the past years. According to him, Vietnam is a major farm produce exporter so that its products meet food safety requirements of demanding markets such as Japan, European Union and the US. The report, entitled “Food safety risk management in Vietnam: Challenges and opportunities”, takes stock of Vietnam’s food safety, food safety control systems, analyses food safety risks for several major food value chains based on the world’s best practices in risk analysis measures, gives recommendations to Vietnam to improve food safety, with a focus on pork manufacturing chains in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.

Source: VietNamNet News March 28, 2017 03:00 UTC