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Vietnam school food safety and transparency measures

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Following food poisoning incidents affecting students, the Vietnamese Prime Minister issued Directive No. 33/CT-TTg to enhance food safety in educational institutions. The directive mandates transparency by requiring schools to disclose daily information to parents, including menus, ingredients, supplier details, and photographs of meal trays via websites or digital applications. Efforts to secure the food supply chain have intensified following specific safety breaches, such as the distribution of 300 tons of pork infected with African Swine Fever in Hanoi and a mass food poisoning event in Quang Tri. In response, Ho Chi Minh City is implementing a ‘Transparent Kitchen’ ~~model. This initiative utilizes~~ model using QR codes to allow parents to monitor food origins, transportation, and preparation. ~~Authorities aim to expand this monitoring model~~ Recent developments show a shift toward stricter administrative oversight. The Prime Minister has directed provincial and city chairpersons to ~~all schools by~~ take full responsibility for meal organization, emphasizing that suppliers must not be selected solely based on low prices. In Hanoi, the 2026-2027 ~~academic year.~~ school year saw the launch of ‘HanoiCheck,’ a nutrition and food safety database for monitoring menus and food sources. Additionally, the responsibility for selecting food suppliers has shifted from individual schools to commune and ward People’s Committees. These local authorities are now required to establish evaluation councils to conduct field inspections and assess supplier capacity before proposing them for selection.

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