There are three places selling certificated clean farm products. The figure is expected to rise to 10 in end year.
There are three places selling certificated clean farm products. The figure is expected to rise to 10 in end year.
Coming to Thuc pham sach (safe foodstuff) store at 10 Ly Tu Trong Street, Nha Trang, customers are impressed by its professional facility where vegetable is kept a cooling system and foodstuff is processed. Especially, there’s a machine which enables buyers to check pesticide residue in products at once. If buyers want to know about the origin of products, the staff will show them papers. Nguyen Quynh Anh, manager of the store, said, “The store has opened for over 6 months. Some kinds of vegetable from Da Lat and Ninh Dong Commune, Ninh Hoa Township have been granted certificate by the provincial Agency of Farm, Forest and Fishery Product Quality Management”. Besides, the store sells fish, shrimps and chicken which have clear local origins. The store originated from its owners’ worry about safe food. They have opened for themselves to have safe food to use and shared them with customers.
Similarly, Huynh Nguyen Minh Hue, the owner of Phuoc Long Rice Store at 160 Le Hong Phong Street, Nha Trang, sells a kind of rice certificated by the provincial Agency of Farm, Forest and Fishery Product Quality Management. This kind of rice is grown by her family in Dien Binh Commune, Dien Khanh District, with checked pesticide residue. “I’m selling safe rice we ourselves are using”, she confirmed.
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| Buying rice at Phuoc Long rice store |
Co.opmart Nha Trang is also the first supermarket in Nha Trang the provincial Agency of Farm, Forest and Fishery Product Quality Management has granted safe product certificate for some kinds of vegetable, most of which are grown in Da Lat and Ninh Dong Commune, Ninh Hoa Township.
Places selling safe food have been accepted by consumers. “Products at Thuc pham sach Store are not plentiful but they are fresh and clean. Especially, they have clear origins and certificates. So, I fell secure when buying them”, said Le Thi Bich Tram, a local person living in Nguyen Trai Street, Nha Trang.
Sales at Phuoc Long rice store now have risen to over 300 kilograms/month.
According to Head of the provincial Agency of Farm, Forest and Fishery Product Quality Management Nguyen Van Dau, the agency has granted labels confirming food safety for the above products. Regularly, the agency inspects labeling and products’ quality. As planned, there will be 10 safe food selling places in the whole province in 2016.
Khanh Chau
Translated by T.T
