Since early this year, there have been 164 cases of food poisoning, leaving 33 dead and nearly 5.400 others hospitalised.
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Since early this year, there have been 164 cases of food poisoning, leaving 33 dead and nearly 5.400 others hospitalised.
According to the Food Hygiene and Safety Department under the Ministry of Health, the figures show a sharp increase over the same period last year.
Most victims claimed to have eaten substandard food at work places or wedding ceremonies, not only at home.
The Department has taken measures to control food imports and sales in the domestic market. In the third quarter of this year, 833 batches of food weighing 12.176 tonnes were imported into Vietnam, and 54 of them (about 60 tonnes) failed to meet food hygiene and safety standards.
Deputy Head of the Department, Nguyen Thanh Phong, warned of the alarming rate of food poisoning which he said might increase when people need a huge demand for food for traditional lunar New Year (Tet) celebrations.
(Source:VOV)
