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Viet
Nam notified to update the new version of the Draft. The updated contents
focus on:
1._
The contents
related to Administrative Procedure Reform as requirement of the Government:
a)_
Remove certain
cases from state inspection requirements for imported food safety (Products
already granted a Certificate of Product Declaration Registration; imported
products and ingredients used solely for internal production);
b)_
Reduce and
simplify certain administrative procedures and requirements for designating
food testing laboratories:
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Reduce/simplify
the requirement to submit a business registration certificate aligned with
the product type in dossiers for certifying food safety-eligible
establishments;
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Abolish one
procedure regarding exemption from regular monitoring of testing facilities;
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Cut down and
simplify 4 of 9 documents required in the dossier for testing facility
designation serving state management: 1. Establishment decision or business
registration certificate; 2. List and profile of main equipment and
infrastructure (aligned with the capacity report); 3. List and profile of
testing personnel with certified copies of relevant qualifications; 4.
Testing results for the registered field in the last 12 months;
c)_
Ministries
(Health, Agriculture & Environment, Industry & Trade, and Finance)
and Provincial People's Committees are responsible for developing online
public service systems to process administrative procedures and manage food
safety consistently from central to local levels, ensuring data sharing with
the National Public Service Portal.
2._
The contents
related to other amendments and supplements:
Supplementing
regulations to enhance food safety management and increase accountability
among ministries, agencies, organizations, and individuals in ensuring food
safety and performing administrative procedures:
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Strengthen
management of self-declared products;
-_ Enhance oversight of product registration declarations;
-_ Improve standards for facilities producing medical nutrition
foods, foods for special dietary use, nutritional products for children under
36 months, and food supplements;
-_ Supplementing post-marketing surveillance regulations based on US
standards;
-_ Enforce stricter food safety law compliance by:
o_
Revoking
administrative procedure outcomes;
o_
Suspending
receipt and processing of product declaration dossiers in case of violations;
-_ Introduce re-registration requirements for product declarations
issued before the effective date of the Decree;
-_ Regulations to strengthen advertising management, including
additional regulations on strengthening the responsibilities of parties
participating in advertising;
-_ Supplementing regulations on transferring domestic consumption or
changing the purpose of use for food products;
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Specify
specific responsibilities of a number of relevant ministries and the
Provincial People's Committee in food safety management to proactively manage
and prevent businesses from abusing the production of fake products and
falsifying test certificates; trading and advertising on e-commerce platforms
and social platforms; controlling prices of functional foods and milk for
children under 6 years old according to the Law on Prices.
The
emergency measures are based on the following information:
(1)_
Telegram No.
40/CD-TTg dated 17 April 2025 of the Prime Minister: On handling the case of
manufacturing and distributing fake milk;
(2)_
Telegram No.
41/CD-TTg dated 17 April 2025 of the Prime Minister: On handling the case of
manufacturing and trading in counterfeit medicines and health protection
foods;
(3)_
Telegram No.
55/CD-TTg dated 2 May 2025 of the Prime Minister on strengthening
coordination and strictly handling organizations and individuals involved in
manufacturing and trading in counterfeit medicines, fake milk and fake health
protection foods;
(4)_
Telegram No.
65/CD-TTg dated 15 May 2025 of the Prime Minister on launching a peak period
to fight against and repel smuggling, trade fraud, counterfeit goods and
infringement of intellectual property rights;
(5)_
Telegram No.
72/CD-TTg dated 24 May 2025 of the Prime Minister on continuing to promote
the peak of the fight to prevent and repel smuggling, trade fraud,
counterfeit goods, and infringement of intellectual property rights.
Relevant
documents:
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Viet Nam's Law
of Food Safety 55/2010/QH12
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Decree
15/2018/NĐ-CP dated 2 February 2018
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2025/SPS/VNM/25_04211_00_e.pdf
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