The Da Nang Food Safety Management Board, is working with local relevant agencies to conduct food quality inspection, especially with an eye kept on cakes and candies on the occasion of the Mid-Autumn Festival in 2022.

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Specifically, focus will be on the assessing the current status of production establishments' compliance with the provisions of the law on food safety assurance, trading and imports of food for this special occasion through unexpected inspections. 

As previously planned, the inspection plan takes place before, during and after the Mid-Autumn Festival and ends on Sept. 18. The move aims to promptly prevent and recall fake, low-quality products or those of unknown origin from being sold.

“Currently, lots of home-made foods without labels and without verification of quality are sold online. Consumers are highly recommended to choose products that are safe, clear of origin, label and origin so as not to endanger their health. In addition, it is necessary to be self-conscious and promptly report the competent authority about food safety violators for timely handling, "said Mr. Nguyen Tan Hai, the Head of the municipal Food Safety Management Board.

Moon cakes are round pastries filled with red bean or lotus seed paste and may contain yolks from salted duck eggs. Many are made by high-end bakeries and packaged in elegant fashion, but other makers neglect food safety regulations and use cheap and unoriginal raw materials to hike profits. 

Reporting by PHAN CHUNG - Translating by A. THU