Food safety control for Mid-Autumn Festival 2025

(Chinhphu.vn) - To ensure food safety, prevent counterfeit and poor quality goods and protect consumer rights, the Hanoi Market Management Department has issued a plan to inspect and control food safety during the 2025 Mid-Autumn Festival.

The inspection work focuses on assessing the management situation, directing and implementing measures to ensure food safety; at the same time, checking compliance with legal regulations of establishments producing, processing and trading moon cakes.

According to the plan, the inspection work will focus on assessing the management situation, directing and implementing measures to ensure food safety; at the same time, checking the compliance with legal regulations of establishments producing, processing and trading moon cakes. The authorities emphasize the goal of detecting, preventing and strictly handling violations, especially counterfeit goods, smuggled goods and products that do not ensure food safety and hygiene. In addition, propaganda work is also integrated to raise public awareness.

The inspection subjects include organizations, individuals, supermarkets, and commercial centers that produce, trade, and import moon cakes, raw materials, packaging, as well as children's toys and equipment and learning tools for the new school year. In particular, traditional craft villages such as Xuan Dinh (Bac Tu Liem), An Khanh (Hoai Duc) - where there are many confectionery production facilities - will be the focus of monitoring. In addition, restaurants and hotels that sell moon cakes are also subject to inspection.

The inspection contents include: Business license, food safety certificate; invoices, documents proving origin; product quality and standards; price listing and selling at the listed price. The authorities will take samples for testing when necessary and coordinate with state management agencies to handle violations. In parallel, the inspection of children's toys, books, and publications is also being stepped up to prevent smuggled, counterfeit, and unsafe goods.

According to the Hanoi Market Management Department, the inspection will take place from August 15 to October 15, 2025. This is the peak time for production and consumption of moon cakes, and also the beginning of the new school year, so the demand for toys and books increases sharply. The inspection therefore not only protects the health of consumers but also contributes to building a healthy and equal business environment.

In addition to inspections, the market management force will coordinate with the media to promote propaganda, advising people to choose mooncakes with clear origins, avoid buying floating products, and unusually cheap prices. Violations will be made public to raise public awareness. In particular, during the Month of Action for Children with the theme "Practical actions, prioritizing resources for children", this work is considered one of the practical measures to protect the health and rights of young children.

The leader of the Hanoi Market Management Department emphasized that all inspection activities must comply with the law, and it is absolutely forbidden for civil servants to take advantage of their official duties to cause difficulties for businesses or to engage in negative behavior. Transparency and strictness will be the key factors for the plan to bring about real effectiveness.

With synchronous implementation, the participation of functional forces and close coordination between levels and sectors, Hanoi City expects to ensure food safety, prevent commercial fraud, and protect people's health during this year's Mid-Autumn Festival.

Anh Tho

Source: https://baochinhphu.vn/kiem-soat-an-toan-thuc-pham-dip-tet-trung-thu-2025-102250909150337101.htm