Hanoi: Surprise inspection of pilot organization of boarding meals

In order to assess the food safety and meal quality for students, on October 23, the Interdisciplinary Inspection Team for organizing boarding meals for students at schools in Hanoi for the 2025-2026 school year, headed by Vice Chairman of Hanoi People's Committee Vu Thu Ha, conducted a surprise inspection of the pilot organization of boarding meals for students in Quang Minh and Noi Bai communes.

Surprise inspection at Vietnam Air Catering Services Joint Stock Company (VINACS).

At Vietnam Airlines Catering Services Joint Stock Company (VINACS), the pilot unit providing meals for boarding students, the delegation made a surprise inspection of the food production facility, vehicles, and process of transporting meals to schools. Representatives from the Departments of Health, Industry and Trade, Agriculture and Environment, Education and Training, Culture and Sports, and leaders of the People's Committees of Quang Minh and Noi Bai communes, and Principals of Chi Dong Primary School (Quang Minh commune), Phu Minh Primary School (Noi Bai commune) ... directly observed the entire process of ensuring food safety and hygiene, including steps of checking input materials, processing procedures, sample storage, checking facilities, and monitoring staff compliance with hygiene regulations.

At Chi Dong Primary School and Phu Minh Primary School, Vice Chairman of Hanoi People's Committee Vu Thu Ha inspected the conditions for ensuring the organization of boarding meals for students, the process of organizing boarding meals, transportation, reception, preservation process, food sample storage, facilities conditions...; at the same time, went to each classroom, monitored the process of teachers and students implementing the process of implementing the pilot model of boarding meals for students at schools in the direction of organizing centralized ready-made meals.

Vice Chairman of Hanoi People's Committee Vu Thu Ha inspected the process of implementing boarding meals at Chi Dong Primary School (Quang Minh commune).

According to the Head of the Hanoi Food Safety and Hygiene Department (Hanoi Department of Health ) Dang Thanh Phong, through the practice of the surprise inspection program of the pilot organization of boarding meals for students in the communes of Quang Minh and Noi Bai, at the time of the inspection, Vietnam Airlines Catering Services Joint Stock Company ensured good facilities; invested thoroughly in the process of organizing collective kitchens; ensured a one-way process; legal documents ensured clear traceability of the origin of input materials; vehicles transporting food materials were all specialized insulated vehicles that met standards...

At primary schools, the school boards have been supported by local authorities to invest in facilities to ensure the requirements for organizing effective boarding meals. The process of receiving boarding meals for students from Vietnam Airlines Catering Services Joint Stock Company is carried out smoothly and systematically, ensuring the provision of hot meals that meet food safety and hygiene standards; legal documents on boarding meals as well as drinking water all meet the requirements.

Discussing with units about the pilot organization of semi-boarding meals for students in Quang Minh and Noi Bai communes, Vice Chairman of Hanoi People's Committee Vu Thu Ha said: Implementing the direction of the Central and City Party Committee, Hanoi is implementing a pilot organization of semi-boarding meals for students in Hanoi in the direction of organizing ready-made meals to control the entire process and reduce intermediaries. The city will strictly control input materials when supplying the food chain, monitor the processing process, as well as build a menu that ensures nutrition, suitable for the age... Thereby, promoting the advantages, researching and replicating the model, contributing to raising awareness of each person in joining hands to ensure food safety and hygiene throughout the city, choosing foods with clear origin; at the same time, demonstrating the responsibility and determination of the entire political system in ensuring food safety and hygiene in the area.

Students of Chi Dong Primary School (Quang Minh Commune) eat at the boarding school.

After implementing the Program of surprise inspection of the pilot work of organizing boarding meals for students in Quang Minh and Noi Bai communes, the Steering Committee for Food Safety of Hanoi City and members of the Interdisciplinary Inspection Team will meet to evaluate in detail the effectiveness of this pilot model in ensuring food safety and meal quality for students, meeting current practical requirements.

The city's consistent viewpoint is to strengthen the leadership and direction of Party committees at all levels on the issue of ensuring food safety and hygiene in the new situation, thereby creating a clear change, raising awareness of organizations and individuals in production and business; at the same time, promoting decentralization according to the two-level local government model, promoting the role and responsibility of grassroots authorities, the Fatherland Front, and organizations in coordinating food safety and hygiene management work at the local level.

Source: https://baotintuc.vn/xa-hoi/ha-noi-kiem-tra-dot-xuat-viec-thi-diem-to-chuc-bua-an-ban-tru-20251023182207610.htm