Implementing the direction of the General Department of Market Management (GDM) and the Provincial People's Committee on strengthening market inspection and control during the Mid-Autumn Festival and checking the quality of goods until the end of 2024, the GDM Department requested its affiliated Market Management Teams to strengthen local management, collect information; coordinate with functional agencies and local authorities to inspect and control the market.

Market management forces inspect moon cake businesses in Cam Khe district.

From there, promptly prevent and handle the business of smuggled food, food of unknown origin; goods that infringe rights, counterfeit trademarks, and do not ensure food safety (FS), especially for products that are consumed a lot during the Mid-Autumn Festival such as: Moon cakes, food, alcohol, soft drinks, cakes, candies, children's toys, especially smart toys, integrating many functions...

Regarding moon cakes, the Market Management Force focuses on inspecting moon cake products at traditional craft villages in Viet Tri city and Phu Tho town; commercial centers, supermarkets, and moon cake businesses in the whole province. In particular, before the Mid-Autumn Festival, the focus is on inspecting and controlling moon cake production facilities regarding the origin of raw materials; the use of food additives and food processing aids; checking product quality and food safety conditions in production, processing and preservation of food. During the Mid-Autumn Festival, inspect businesses, agents and stores regarding the origin, quality of products and food safety conditions. After the Mid-Autumn Festival, inspect the recall and handling of expired products and products that do not meet quality standards.

Regarding product quality inspection, the authorities focus on inspecting compliance with legal regulations on goods quality management, quality standards announcement, and conformity announcement of national technical regulations; the use of conformity marks, codes, and barcodes; the conformity of goods with applicable technical regulations and announced standards; and the actual inspection of the conformity of goods quality with the content declared on the product label.

Through inspections, the Market Management Force actively disseminates to production and business establishments compliance with legal regulations on goods trading and food safety; at the same time, publicly announces the names of violating organizations and individuals on mass media to raise public awareness.

Ha Nhung