(VOVworld) - HCM City Health Department officials have urged consumers to buy products with clear origin sold at clean and hygienic trading places to ensure food safety.

Police discover banned chemical Salbutamol in animal food of Truong Phu company in Hai Duong (Photo: Minh Long/VOV)

Speaking at a seminar on “For a safe food market” in HCM City, Nguyen Thi Huynh Mai, Deputy Head of the department’s Food Safety and Hygiene Division, said consumers should report to authorised agencies any selling place with unsafe products or those with unclear origin.
Mai said the use of banned chemicals and additives in animal breeding and foods and the overuse of plant protection chemicals in agricultural cultivation remained high, seriously affecting consumers’ health.
In addition, poor quality products caused by improper production, preservation and transportation have also affected consumers.