Officials dismissed for certifying 800 substandard aquaculture productsVietNamNet Bridge - The General Directorate of Fisheries has punished its Director of Aquaculture Department Bui Duc Quy for making fake seafood certificates for the circulation of 800 substandard aquaculture products when he was the Director of the Center for Aquaculture Testing with other officials. Five employees of the Center for Aquaculture Testing were fired and one was given a warning. According to regulations, before distributed, aqua products and products for treating and improving environment in aquaculture must be inspected and given certificates by the Quality Assurance and Testing Centre 3. Specifically, these people made fake certificates for 140 animal feed products and 668 products for the treatment and rehabilitation of aquatic environments contrary to the provisions of law. Quy and Le Tuan Anh, deputy head of the Administrative Management Department of the General Directorate of Fisheries were expelled from the Communist Party and removed from their post.

Source: VietNamNet News July 22, 2016 07:52 UTC