On 17th January 2011 Mr. Luong Le
At the conference "the preliminarily review of the pilot project of swell-fish catching, processing and export” in Nha Trang city, Khanh Hoa province, Mr. Phuong said swell-fish is a toxic species, so the management of catching and processing must be careful to avoid affecting the consumers’ health.
In the pilot phase (2009 - 2010), MARD only developed in Kien Giang, Khanh Hoa and only chose one importer of swell-fish to be partner as Korea Poseidon Seafood Company to manage strictly.
In fact, MARD chose Korea Poseidon Seafood because it was the first company that guided Vietnamese farmers and enterprises to catch and process swell-fish basically in accordance with hygiene, food safety standards of both South Korea and Vietnam.
To expand the pilot project of swell-fish catching, processing and export, Mr. Phuong said in the future, MARD will report to the Government to implement in more provinces such as Phu Yen, Quang Ninh and Nghe An.
MARD also asks the Institute of Pasteur for testing toxin level, issuing the quality certificate for products and proposing the localities to seek the suitable catching method to pilot in some fleet.