On Tuesday, a cooperation programme to ensure food safety over the 2016 - 2020 period was launched in Da Nang.  It was jointly organised by the municipal People’s Committee (PC), the local Fatherland Front Committee (FFC), and other relevant agencies.

FFC Chairwoman Dang Thi Kim Lien highlighted the significance of the programme in ensuring the successful implementation of the city’s ‘4 Safe’ programme, and the ‘All People Join Efforts to Build New Rural Areas and More Civilised Urban Lifestyle’ movement. 

The focus will be on raising public awareness about food safety in order to bring fundamental changes to local trading and processing activities. 

Importance will be attached to creating a more civilised cultural life in which Vietnamese farmers will supply clean and safe agricultural products for their customers.  In addition, heed will be paid to ensuring access to safe food for all domestic consumers to protect their health and improve the quality of their lives.

Small traders and farming families who offer safe products for their customers will be eligible to be recognised as civilised families.

By the end of this year, all wards, communes and districts across Da Nang aim to have successfully completed publicity about the city’s programme.

By 2020, the focus will be on encouraging at least 90% of the city’s agricultural production households, and local food business and processing families, to sign commitments to ensure food safety.  In addition, 60% of the city’s food traders and production families, and 100% of the local agricultural products production cooperatives and businesses, will be recognised as safe facilities.

All 11 communes of Hoa Vang District being recognised as new rural areas, and all the city’s 45 wards being recognised as civilised urban areas, will then meet the city’s food safety criteria.