HCMC guarantees safe pork with CCTV surveillance
Ho Chi Minh City will install surveillance cameras and increase inspections at kiosks selling pork in bazaars as food safety becomes a national issue in Vietnam. This is part of a pilot project using high-tech devices, including a smartphone app and ID bands on pigs, to monitor pork quality.
The project, which is expected to commence in November, is an attempt to keep traders from blending in pork of unknown origin to sell with safe pork, said Nguyen Ngoc Hoa, Vice Director of the city’s Department of Industry and Trade.
It is part of the ‘Pilot model for selling safe food in bazaars’ program, initiated by the Hi-tech Association in Ho Chi Minh. The association has designed a free smartphone app that can be used to check the origin og the meat including how the pig has been raised and slaughtered.
The project is set to be experimented at 12 slaughterhouses, two wholesale bazaars, several inner-city bazaars and supermarket chains, namely Co.opmart, Satra, Vissan, An Ha and Sagrifoods. After pork, HCMC will extend project to vegetables and fruits.
In may, Hanoi opened three hotlines to gather information from members of the public about food safety violations. City dwellers have also taken the matter into their own hands with some growing their own vegetables and even raising pigs in their own houses.
The authorities are coming down hard on offenders. A new law, which came into effect on July 1, saw food safety offenders facing up to 20 years’ imprisonment and fined up to USD 9000.
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