The plan aims to strengthen state management responsibility for food safety at all levels, from the city to grassroots authorities.
It will assess compliance with food safety regulations by establishments involved in food production, trading, advertising, importation, storage and transportation.
The scope also covers OCOP products used as food, producers and traders of dietary supplements and nutrition products, food service providers, especially collective kitchens in industrial parks and schools, ready-meal suppliers, food safety at festivals and major events and street food businesses.
Controls will extend to the production, processing, trading and importation of agricultural, forestry and fishery products, beer, wine and other alcoholic beverages, soft drinks, confectionery and food additives, in line with the management responsibilities assigned to the health sector, the agriculture and environment sector and the industry and trade sector.
Through post-inspections at food production, trading and advertising establishments, authorities will review the issuance of food safety-related certificates, including certificates of eligibility for food safety conditions, confirmations of advertising content, certificates of receipt of product declaration registrations and cases of self-declared products.
Post-inspection activities are required to effectively curb the production, importation and trading of unsafe food and illegal food advertising. Violations must be detected and handled strictly, with information made public through mass media and the official portals of relevant agencies and localities.
In addition, the city will organize inter-agency inspection campaigns during the Lunar New Year, spring festivals, the Action Month for Food Safety and peak food consumption periods such as the Mid-Autumn Festival and year-end holidays.
Post-inspections will be carried out in a coordinated manner at both city and commune or ward levels, ensuring no overlap, clear division of responsibilities, transparency and no disruption to the normal operations of businesses.
Key areas of post-inspection
First, food quality assurance. Inspections will focus on controlling food quality across all stages, including the origin of raw materials, transportation and storage, production and processing, importation and market circulation.
Authorities will also monitor the use of food additives, processing aids, flavorings and colorants, control banned substances in livestock and aquaculture, check residues of antibiotics, pesticides and veterinary drugs and oversee small-scale slaughtering activities. Continued attention will be given to the use of salbutamol in animal husbandry.
Inspections will also target counterfeit food, products of unclear origin, expired goods and smuggled food, as well as multi-level marketing and e-commerce activities involving food, with particular focus on health supplements, dietary supplements and micronutrient-fortified foods.
Second, food production, trading, importation and advertising establishments. Post-inspections will examine compliance with product declaration requirements for food products, including medical nutrition foods, foods for special dietary uses and infant formula products.
Authorities will focus on reviewing dossiers for self-declared products submitted to receiving agencies. Inspections will cover compliance with regulations on self-declaration or registration of product declarations, declaration procedures, testing result certificates and related legal documents as stipulated in Government Decree No. 15/2018/ND-CP.
Post-inspections will also review compliance with food safety conditions at establishments subject to certification and those not required to obtain certificates of eligibility for food safety conditions.
For imported food, post-inspections and sampling for testing will follow a priority order, starting with products exempt from state inspection under Clause 1, Article 13 of Decree No. 15/2018/ND-CP, followed by products or consignments subject to reduced inspection and those subject to normal inspection.
Advertising activities will be reviewed for food groups required to register advertising content before publication, as stipulated in Article 26 of Decree No. 15/2018/ND-CP. Inspections of the production, trading and use of food additives will follow the provisions of Chapter X, while traceability inspections will comply with Chapter XI of the same decree.
Third, food safety management authorities. Inspections will assess the state management responsibilities of departments, sectors and food safety steering committees at the commune and ward levels. Key areas include the implementation of food safety assurance tasks in line with assigned functions and duties, the issuance and revocation of product declarations and advertising content confirmations, certificates of eligibility for food safety conditions, information and communication activities on food safety and inspection, post-inspection and violation handling.
Fourth, the state management responsibilities for food safety of departments and sectors are implemented in accordance with Article 65 of the Food Safety Law, Article 40 of Government Decree No. 15/2018/ND-CP and Decision No. 53/2025/QD-UBND of the Hanoi People's Committee.