(AG Provincial E-Portal) - On the afternoon of May 29, Alternate member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of An Giang Provincial People's Committee Ho Van Mung, as Head of the provincial working delegation, had a working session with Long Xuyen City People's Committee to inspect the implementation of the prevention and combat of trade fraud and counterfeit goods in the city.
Also attending were Member of the Provincial Standing Committee, Vice Chairman of An Giang Provincial People's Committee Le Van Phuoc, leaders of provincial departments and branches. Receiving and working with the delegation were Deputy Secretary of the City Party Committee, Chairman of Long Xuyen City People's Committee Tran Minh Duc, Standing members of the People's Committee, divisions and branches of the city, leaders of wards and communes.
At the reception of the delegation, Chairman of Long Xuyen City People's Committee Tran Minh Duc reported briefly on the implementation of the peak campaign to fight against smuggling, trade fraud, and counterfeit goods in Long Xuyen City from May 15 to June 15. Accordingly, the interdisciplinary inspection teams focused on inspecting food production, processing, and trading establishments, production and trading of essential goods serving people's lives, especially dairy products, medicines, pharmaceuticals, health protection foods, etc.
Focusing on controlling production and import hubs, markets, supermarkets, and convenience stores; at the same time, coordinating with functional agencies to strictly inspect and control smuggling, counterfeit goods, goods that do not ensure quality, and expired goods; inspect the quality of goods, compliance with legal regulations on national technical standards and regulations, and the announcement of goods quality standards, food safety, etc.
The City People's Committee directs local police forces to proactively grasp the situation, perform basic professional tasks to grasp the area, promptly detect, organize the fight, and destroy smuggling, trade fraud, and counterfeit goods networks, groups; not to let "hot spots" of smuggling arise or large-scale smuggling recur in the management area. Strengthening coordination with functional forces to do well in patrolling and controlling to promptly detect and strictly handle subjects transporting smuggled and prohibited goods on the roads.
According to the decentralization of food safety management in Long Xuyen city, there are 3,046 food production and trading establishments; 83 stores of agricultural materials, 35 veterinary and aquatic product stores, 167 agricultural, forestry and aquatic product processing establishments, 7 agricultural cooperatives, 6 production and consumption linkage groups.
Speaking at the meeting, Chairman of An Giang Provincial People's Committee Ho Van Mung emphasized: "The work of preventing and combating trade fraud and counterfeit goods is a regular, continuous, and non-stop task because it directly affects the health and trust of the people, especially goods serving the daily needs of the people. Long Xuyen city is requested to urgently implement the Prime Minister's directives and telegrams, and the plans of the province and city. During the implementation process, the People's Committee and the city's working group must organize immediate inspections, not to inspect under set plan. If during an immediate inspection, information is leaked or disclosed, it will be strictly handled, including criminal prosecution.
After the peak period, immediate and regular inspections will still be organized. Localities must have a firm grasp of production and trading establishments in the area and assign specific responsibilities for each industry and field; Organize well the reception and timely handling of people's feedback on production and trading establishments committing commercial fraud, counterfeit goods, fake goods, and poor quality goods.
The Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee requested Long Xuyen city to strengthen and diversify forms of propaganda and visual agitation so that people can actively participate in denouncing crimes; Focus on and perform well the coordination work; each member of the working group must have a firm grasp of the tasks of their sector; Resolutely and strictly handle producers - traders, officials, and party members who assist in the production of counterfeit, fake, and poor-quality goods. In the near future, when implementing the 2-level local government model, it is necessary to continue to effectively implement the work of preventing and combating trade fraud and counterfeit goods to contribute to improving people's health./.
News by Thu Thao
Translation by Thi Huynh
