Food Monitoring Activity in HCMC
From Sep. 14, 2015, Institute of Public Health HCMC (IPH) had implemented a food monitoring activity in HCMC. IPH has monitored the prevalence of ESBL-producing E.coli and antibiotic residues in foods since 2014, collecting four kinds of foods from a wholesale market, supermarkets and retail markets. A Japanese Expert, who has supervised monitoring process and the protocol of analysis, also joined with IPH' activity and visited Binh Dien Whole Sale Market Company (BDWSM).

Sampling team of IPH and BDWSM in the midnight

Shrimp sampling from BDWSM

Pork sampling from a retail store

Chicken sampling from a supermarket

Start analysis at IPH laboratory

Checking results by IPH staff and a Japanese Expert

Filling data in the data sheet format of the project

Reviewing monitoring activity with IPH team and a Japanese Expert