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HanoiMr. Nguyen Ngoc Minh, co-founder of the Minh Chay brand, said that the production process does not use chemicals and is willing to be responsible for the incident.
On September 3, six days after the Office of Food Safety proposed to stop using the Minh Chay pate because it contained toxins, the production plant of New Lifestyle Two-Member Co., Ltd., the owner of the brand, lived in Group 2, Dong Anh City, was sealed.
About 7,000 Minh Chay pâté products were sold to the market from July 1 to August 22. Image: The Office of Food Safety provides.
Address May 30, Hoan Kiem District, where the company’s products are sold, also closed. An exterior sticker reports that the facility is working with authorities to fix the problem and “sorry for the delay in updating to the community.” Customers who purchase the product will receive a refund or refund.
Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Minh, Co-founder of New Lifestyle Two-member Limited Company, said that the 5 people who run the business are family members. He is working with the police, while other members share to meet and support 9 victims in the provinces.
“In the production process, we used a 120 degree Celsius autoclave in 45 minutes, without chemicals. The generation of toxic bacteria is out of control, we are ready to take responsibility for the incident. My family is vegetarian, they never dare to make toxic products to sell to everyone, “said Mr. Minh.
The Dong Anh District Health Department is monitoring the production shutdown of this facility at the request of the Hanoi Department of Health. The department head, Nguyen Thanh Luan, said that before the discovery of anaerobic bacteria that generate botulinum toxin in Minh Chay’s pate, the unit did not take samples and did not regularly check the company’s products. Because the district health unit does not have the functions and powers to inspect the company’s products according to Decree 15/2018 and Decision 14/2019 on the allocation and decentralization of food safety management.
“Responsibility to take samples and verify periodically from the Department of Agricultural, Forest and Fisheries Management, Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, which certifies the company,” said Mr. Luan.
Leaders of the Hanoi Department of Agriculture and Rural Development said that, after receiving warning information about Minh Chay pate products, on August 30, the Department directed the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Management to coordinate with other Relevant units in Dong Anh District work with companies.
New Lifestyle Two-Member Co., Ltd. provided minutes of the Dong Anh District People’s Committee interdisciplinary inspection team working with the company on August 27. In particular, the interdisciplinary delegation made acts of administrative violation and requested the Dong Anh District People’s Committee to issue a sanction decision of VND 17.5 million.
The company has provided the inspection team with a list of customers who purchase Minh Chay pâté. Consequently, from July 1 to August 22, the company sold 7,000 products to the market. This establishment announced the use of raw materials: organic shiitake mushroom, shiitake mushroom, wood ear mushroom, dried shiitake mushroom, organic dried shiitake mushroom, large chicken thigh, baby chicken thigh, oat mushroom … manufacturing. However, at the time of the inspection, the company was unable to provide a complete source document for all materials.
30 Ma May Store, Hoan Kiem District – Minh Chay pâté products supplier on September 3 in the afternoon. Image: Tat Dinh.
The company has not provided the quantity of raw materials to be stored; the number of all products produced; quantity of products supplied to the market, production tracking records during the period from July 1 to August 28 to serve the investigation of the cause and traceability.
The Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Quality Control Sub-Directorate has suspended the validity of the Food Safety Qualification Certificate and temporarily suspended the validity of 13 copies of the company’s product self-declaration until a conclusion is reached. finally from the competent regulator.
Also on March 9, the Hanoi Department of Health said that about 1,200 customers bought Minh Chay pate, of whom almost 500 were unable to contact.
Specifically, according to the customer list provided by New Lifestyle Two-Member Limited Company, from July 1 to August 28, there were 1,187 people in Hanoi who purchased the product. The Department of Food Safety and Hygiene in Hanoi and 30 districts, cities have contacted 694 people, 493 people have not yet been contacted.
Previously, the first information on the alleged Minh Chay pate poisoning caused by Clostridium botulinum was provided by Bach Mai Hospital on August 19.
Ms. Pham Khanh Phong Lan, Head of Food Safety Management in Ho Chi Minh City, said that through the network of teams in the district, nearly 1,300 customers bought 1,559 boxes of Minh Chay pate in July-August with photos. stay in line. After finding the information, the Department contacted each customer urgently to advise them not to use it while awaiting withdrawal.
The Food Safety Agency inspects Minh Chay’s pâté production facilities in Dong Anh, Hanoi and ordered a halt to production. Paté and paté samples from poor patients are sent for analysis.
On August 28, the National Food Safety Testing Institute and the Ho Chi Minh City Institute of Public Health announced the results that all canned Minh Chay paté samples contained anaerobic bacteria that produced toxic botulinum toxin. . A strong impact on the nerve end causes muscle paralysis, can lead to death.
The Office of Food Safety, on August 29, asked the public to stop using all of the company’s products, recalling the products.
On September 1, the Department of Food Safety suggested to the Hanoi Police that they investigate and handle the case of Pate Minh Chay with poisoning that poisons many people.
Botulinum is the most powerful toxin in the world, it can be fatal in very small doses. Toxins are generally produced in environments contaminated with bacteria, anaerobes, and at the proper temperature. There have been cases of poisoning with processed foods and canned foods. Bacteria are killed if canned foods are reheated to 100 degrees Celsius.
Vietnam does not currently have antitoxin serum and must be imported from abroad. Most patients are treated with assisted ventilation, plasma exchange, antibiotics, and physical therapy exercise. Of the 9 hospitalized in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, 5 were discharged after several days of mechanical ventilation.
Tat Dinh – Vo Hai
