NA reviews food safety policies implementation

Overview of the session.

The session took opinions of 47 deputies, mostly focusing on the issuance of law and policy on food safety, the current situation of food safety in the 2011-2016 period, the communication process, and the public investment in management of food.

They discussed the allocation of responsibility in State management over food safety, personnel for the work, the inspection and settlement of violations in the field, and measures to control food poisoning and food-transferred diseases.

The deputies also mentioned solutions and role of agencies, organisations and individuals in implementing law and policies on food safety.

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Xuan Cuong, and Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Kim Tien attended the session to clarified some issues raised by the deputies.

As scheduled, on June 6, the NA deputies will examine a verification report on the revised Law on Fisheries, while review reports related to the approval of a supplementary treaty to the Vietnam - Laos Border Delimitation Treaty and of a protocol on border line and landmark between the two countries.

They will also give attention to a verification report on the revised Law on Forest Protection and Development, and give opinions on the law on guard force.