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Inside Ho Chi Minh City facility accused of using banned chemicals to preserve 3,000 tons of apple snails

Inside Ho Chi Minh City facility accused of using banned chemicals to preserve 3,000 tons of apple snails

Huynh Van Truong, 47, is under investigation for allegedly using sodium silicate to preserve more than 3,000 tons of apple snail meat over the past five years.
Hanoi factory floods market with 300 tons of sausages containing borax

Hanoi factory floods market with 300 tons of sausages containing borax

Over 50 tons of pork sold as premium Australian meat in Vietnam, police say

Over 50 tons of pork sold as premium Australian meat in Vietnam, police say

How 130 tons of diseased meat were uncovered at Ha Long Canned Food Company

How 130 tons of diseased meat were uncovered at Ha Long Canned Food Company

The seizure of two trucks carrying 1.2 tons of pork infected with African swine fever led authorities to a warehouse storing 130 tons of diseased frozen meat owned by Ha Long Canned Food Company.
January 15, 2026 | 01:31 am PT
Ho Chi Minh City banh mi shop fined $570 after 125 people hospitalized

Ho Chi Minh City banh mi shop fined $570 after 125 people hospitalized

The owner of the Ngoc Ha banh mi shop in Ho Chi Minh City has been fined VND15 million (US$570) for operating without a food safety eligibility certificate after 125 people were hospitalized with food poisoning.
January 12, 2026 | 07:14 pm PT
When it costs less to disregard food safety, choice is no-brainer for businesses

When it costs less to disregard food safety, choice is no-brainer for businesses

On Saturday evening, after the CEO of Ha Long Canned Food Company had been arrested, I met my neighbor who was throwing several cans of the company's pâté into the trash.
January 12, 2026 | 02:57 pm PT
Vietnam’s health ministry orders halt to Nestlé baby formula over toxin alert

Vietnam’s health ministry orders halt to Nestlé baby formula over toxin alert

Vietnam’s health authorities have ordered a halt to the sale and online listing of certain Nestlé infant formula products following global recalls over possible bacterial toxins.
January 7, 2026 | 03:01 pm PT

Hundreds of dead pigs exhumed from graves and sold as pork in Vietnam

Police in Khanh Hoa Province in central Vietnam on Dec. 25 accused a man and six others with exhuming hundreds of dead pigs infected with African swine fever and selling the meat illegally.
December 25, 2025 | 03:09 pm PT
HCMC bakery shut down after banh mi food poisoning sickens over 100

HCMC bakery shut down after banh mi food poisoning sickens over 100

At least 102 people have fallen ill after eating banh mi from a bakery in Ho Chi Minh City, with 61 hospitalized, health authorities said on Dec. 23.
December 23, 2025 | 04:31 pm PT
More than 60 hospitalized after suspected banh mi food poisoning in HCMC

More than 60 hospitalized after suspected banh mi food poisoning in HCMC

More than 60 people were hospitalized in Ho Chi Minh City after suspected food poisoning linked to banh mi bought from a local bakery, authorities said.
December 22, 2025 | 12:29 am PT
Food poisoning becoming common, but our stomach should not get used to it

Food poisoning becoming common, but our stomach should not get used to it

My stomach churned. Cold sweat poured down my body as I vomited nonstop. The diarrhea that followed drained every bit of strength I had.
November 17, 2025 | 03:00 pm PT
Over 230 fall ill in Ho Chi Minh City banh mi poisoning, Salmonella suspected

Over 230 fall ill in Ho Chi Minh City banh mi poisoning, Salmonella suspected

More than 230 people have been poisoned in Ho Chi Minh City due to a suspected Salmonella outbreak traced to banh mi from two shops under the same chain, which have since been sealed by authorities.
November 9, 2025 | 08:59 pm PT
Woman found buying dead pigs infected with African swine fever to sell in market

Woman found buying dead pigs infected with African swine fever to sell in market

Market regulators in Gia Lai Province Thursday discovered 220 diseased pigs, some already dead, loaded onto a truck and identified a woman who had bought them to resell.
August 7, 2025 | 08:38 pm PT
Diseased pork secretly sold across Hanoi markets and restaurants, police reveal

Diseased pork secretly sold across Hanoi markets and restaurants, police reveal

Pork infected with African swine fever was secretly slaughtered and sold to markets and restaurants across Hanoi, police revealed.
July 9, 2025 | 04:49 pm PT
Thousands of tons of animal-feed oil secretly sold as human food in Vietnam

Thousands of tons of animal-feed oil secretly sold as human food in Vietnam

Vietnamese authorities have uncovered a major food safety scandal where tens of thousands of tons of animal-feed oil were secretly sold as cooking oil to restaurants, factories and food producers across the country.
June 25, 2025 | 03:04 pm PT
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