One person died of suspected botulinum poisoning after eating vegetarian pâté in the southern province of Binh Duong last week.

At least 15 people across Vietnam have been hospitalised because of botulinum toxins since mid-July after eating Minh Chay vegan pate – a product made by the Hanoi-based Loi Song Moi Two members Ltd Company.

The National Agro-Forestry-Fisheries Quality Assurance Department under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has instructed departments of agriculture and rural development in provinces and cities

More than 100 workers were hospitalised due to food poisoning in Dong Nai Province.

The initial six months of the year saw 40 cases of food poisoning affect approximately 1,087 people, killing 15 individuals in the process, according to the General Statistics Office.

The Vietnam Food Administration said there were 48 instances of food poisoning this year by the end of May, in which 22 people died.

The People's Committee of Central Highlands Lam Dong Province has fined Hoang Vy Restaurant VND80 million (US$3,500) for its involvement in a food poisoning case that affected 136 local residents, the local authorities said on Tuesday.

More than 130 people, most of them children, who suffered food poisoning after a wedding in the central highlands province of Lam Dong have been released from hospital yesterday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hospitals in Dak Lak Province were treating more than 120 people suffering from food poisoning, said Le Minh Thong, deputy director of the provincial Food Safety and Hygiene Department.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Song Ma District General Hospital in northern Son La Province received 191 patients suffering from food poisoning from late Monday to Tuesday evening.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Over 105 workers from Vietnam Jin Chang Shoes Company Limited in the southern province of Bình Dương were hospitalised with food poisoning after having lunch on Tuesday, 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Two people died and two others were hospitalised due to suspected food poisoning in the northern province of Yen Bai, the provincial People’s Committee reported.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Kim Bien Market in District 5, HCM City is called the “market of death” because it sells all kinds of toxic chemicals.

 For more than two months now, Hanoian housewife Nguyen Thanh Thuy says a Russian-made food test kit has been an inseparable companion on shopping trips to local markets and supermarkets.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Several cyclists and archers from Viet Nam, Singapore and Malaysia suffered food poisoning on June 11 at the ongoing Southeast Asian Games in Singapore.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Health experts believe that food safety is still a major problem in big cities and provinces, especially at factory canteens at industrial parks in HCM City and Binh Duong.

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 At least 114 J’rai ethnic people in the Central Highland province of Gia Lai on September 16 were hospitalised after eating food served during a memorial service.

The Food Administration of Vietnam under the Ministry of Health July 24 ordered its sub-departments to implement actions to ensure food safety before, in and after the flood during the rainy season.