Food hygiene under microscope at Vietnam-China Trade Fair
(VOV) - The northern border province of Lao Cai has inspected all restaurants, hotels and food courts and stalls to serve visitors to the Vietnam-China trade fair 2013.
As many as 100 food courts and stalls have registered to provide services at the annual trade fair which is scheduled to take place at Lao Cai’s Kim Thanh trade border zone from November 13-18.
The Provincial Steering Committee for Food Safety and Hygiene has asked the relevant agencies intensify inspections of food service facilities ahead of the event to ensure visitor safety.
A food safety and hygiene inspection team has been tasked with confirming the purported origins of agro-forestry and seafood products sold at the trade fair.
The trade fair is expecting to welcome thousands of visitors on each of its six days.
Lao Cai province has approximately 1,000 food processors, mostly in Lao Cai city and other tourist destinations such as Sapa, Bac Ha and Bao Yen.
Since the beginning of this year, the province has licensed hundreds of new food processors, mainly in Lao Cai city and Sapa district.