Regarding the case collective poisoning following eat white bean tea happened in Long Dien A commune, Cho Moi district, An Giang province, on the followingnoon of February 8, Mr. Phan Van Dien Phuong, deputy head of the Inter-sectoral Steering Committee for food safety in An Giang province, said that the Steering Committee had a document to the Departments of Health, Departments of Industry and Trade; The Inter-sectoral Steering Committee for Food Safety of districts in An Giang province requested to strengthen the prevention and control of food poisoning, in which focus on strictly controlling food that is given free of charge.
According to the Inter-sectoral Steering Committee for Food Safety in An Giang Province, on February 4, in Cho Moi district, An Giang province, a food poisoning incident occurred because a household cooked and provided free products. white bean tea for people on the full moon day of January.
So far, 88 people have suffered from food poisoning; in which 53 people self-treated at home, 35 people were hospitalized for treatment and 1 case died.
An Giang Department of Health has urgently directed An Giang Central General Hospital and Cho Moi District Medical Center to actively treat serious patients.
Cho Moi District Health Center continued to coordinate with An Giang Food Safety and Hygiene Sub-Department to investigate the poisoning case and sent tea samples of the poisoning case to the Institute of Public Health of Ho Chi Minh City for testing. .
Currently, in An Giang province, there are many households, social organizations, and charity associations… focusing on processing food to give, free of charge to people around, people visiting places of interest. spirituality, religion.
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To ensure food safety and hygiene, protect people’s health, and prevent food poisoning, the Inter-sectoral Steering Committee food safety The province has requested the health sector and the Provincial Food Safety and Hygiene Sub-Department to strengthen propaganda and update knowledge on food safety for groups of subjects of processing, trading and consumption; legal liability when violating regulations on food safety….; coordinate with related units to strictly control the issued food products, Free giveaway or in a referral, , sale or humanitarian program.
Mr. Phan Van Dien Phuong said that the Steering Committee also requested Health Centers of districts, towns and cities in An Giang province to strengthen supervision of collective kitchens in the area; provide training on food safety knowledge for groups of people who process, preserve, transport and distribute food at spiritual and religious places; volunteer group in residential area…
Health centers focus on propagandizing for representatives of pagodas, communal houses, executive boards, charity kitchens, etc., to know the regulations on food safety and legal responsibilities for proper implementation and prevention. Unfortunate food poisoning cases happen.
The Inter-sectoral Steering Committee for Food Safety in An Giang Province also requires the health sector to coordinate with relevant units to strictly control food products that are given away for free or in the program of introduction, , sale or in humanitarian form.
Thanh Sang (VNA/Vietnam+)
