5 simple tips for choosing confectionery safely on Tet holiday, people need to know

People should be very careful with eye-catching foods because these products may contain color and toxic additives for health.

Be careful with eye-catching candy colors

According to the Department of Food Safety (Ministry of Health), due to the demand for food consumption during the Lunar New Year, especially for essential food items such as meat, pork, jam, confectionery, wine, soft drinks . . People 's sudden increase, Tet food market is always an opportunity for counterfeit, counterfeit and poor quality products to mislead consumers.

Be extra careful with eye-catching foods.(Illustration).

Therefore, the Food Safety Department recommends that consumers should be careful when choosing to buy and use food to protect themselves and their families' health. The basic principle is to select foods of origin, production dates, clear expiry dates, full information labels, moldless, and unpleasant odors.

People also need to be very careful with eye-catching foods because these products may contain color and toxic additives for health.

More importantly, people need to actively cooperate with the authorities when detecting suspected food products, counterfeit goods as well as food production, processing and trading facilities. to ensure food safety for functional agencies (such as market management agencies, Industry and Trade Departments, commune and ward administrations .) to take measures to inspect, supervise and promptly prevent.

How to choose delicious candies

Confectionery on the food list is often required to meet all food safety conditions. Where products are circulated on the market, they must be announced in conformity with food safety regulations at competent medical agencies.

The basic principle is to choose food origin, production date . (Artwork).

Therefore, when choosing to buy confectionery during the Lunar New Year, the Department of Food Safety recommends that people should:

1. Choose to buy confectionery products that are published in accordance with food safety regulations (see labels with symbols: (ordinal number) / (YT year + province and city abbreviations - XNCB).
2. Choose confectionery from reputable brands, have clear origins, avoid buying counterfeit styles and brands.
3. Observe carefully the information on the confectionery packaging (place of manufacture, date of manufacture, expiration date, ingredients, product storage).
4. Buy gift baskets that need to pay attention to the quality of confectionery inside, so choose candy and ask the shopkeeper to arrange a gift basket.
5. To ensure safe Tet, to ensure health for themselves and their families, every citizen should pay attention to choosing to buy and use food in establishments with fixed locations, clear and reputable addresses, being allowed to trade in food, fully complying with regulations on food business conditions.