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and Rural Development, meanwhile, is responsible for On the overall, Vietnamese laws handle food-safety risks
formulating stipulations on food safety and hygiene based on four main principles: (1) Tests by an authorized
involving agricultural produce, forestry, and fisheries. agency upon request by a relevant authority or person;
While the Ministry of Science and Technology is (2) Food-safety risk analyses conducted by the Public
in charge of using state power for product-quality control, Health Ministry, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural
the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment Development, and the Ministry of Industry and Trade for
focuses on environmental protection. food with risks of high toxicity; and (3) Prevention of
problems or provision of solutions when a problem occurs;
7.2 Food Safety and Hygiene and (4) Tracing to origin, recalls and management
of unsafe food.
Law on Food Safety lays down safety requirements for
business venues engaged in food production, food storage, Certificate of Compliance with Food Safety
food business operations, and any business related to and Hygiene Requirements
food (including production, processing, transportation,
import/export, trade, and storage). Under this law, Law on Food Safety stipulates that all businesses
operators of such business venues must obtain “certificate related to food (including food production, processing,
of compliance with food safety and hygiene requirements” transportation, import/export, trade, and storage) must
(Known in Vietnmase language as “Giấy Chứng Nhận obtain a “Certificate of compliance with food safety and

Cơ SởĐủ Điều Kiện An Toàn Thực Phẩm”). hygiene requirements” that is issued by an authorized
authority under the Public Health Ministry, the Ministry of
In addition, business venues related to food shall have to Agriculture and Rural Development or the Ministry of
comply with additional regulations issued by relevant Industry and Trade, depending on capacity management
ministries. For example, Decree No. 55/2018/ND-CP of agencies involved. Under the old rule, this certificate
dated 12 November 2018 of the Vietnamese government had no expiry date. However, under the new law,
requires that food producers/traders comply with the certificate is valid for three years only.
requirements related to (1) Establishment conditions;
(2) Equipment and tools, and (3) Staff who are directly Certificate of Food Safety Knowledge
related to food production and/or trade (In other words,
they must comply with requirements on health, knowledge Staff directly involved in food production/trade must
and practice, as well as acquire health certificate and undergo training and receive a certificate of food safety
the certificates of training in consumer goods safety knowledge from the Public Health Ministry’s Department
and hygiene) (and other relevant conditions) in full. of Consumer Goods Safety and Hygiene, or the National
Agro-Forestry-Aquatic Quality Assurance Department
This new law is different from Ordinance No. 12/2003/ of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
PL-UBTVQH11 in that it prescribes both general conditions or any institute meeting the qualifications prescribed
and specific conditions, which are designed to by the Minister of Industry and Trade. Such certificate is
promote the safety of certain food products such as valid for three years.
(1) Food must comply with applicable technical
requirements; (2) Food must meet contaminant limits Certificate of Compliance with Health Standards
in regard to pathogenic microorganisms, pest-prevention
products, pesticides and preservatives; and (3) Food must Staff directly involved in food production/trade must obtain
adhere to conditions related to ingredients, contaminants, a “certificate of compliance with health standards”, which is
food packaging and labels, and preservatives that are issued by a provincial or district public health authority.
prescribed by specific rules for specific food types.
In addition, the new law lays down specific safety
requirements on some specific types of food, such as
the origin conditions. This law also requires hygiene
certificates of animals used for fresh food.

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