Vietnam: Announcement of requirements for fishery food products for export

Fishery food products for export must satisfy all the requirements specified in Circular No. 48/2013/TT-BNNPTNT of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Vietnam, specifically as follows:

- The products are produced by a business operator defined in the list of business operators taking part in the program for certification of fishery food products for export in each import market;

- The products satisfy regulations on labeling of products with compulsory information in accordance with regulations of the import market, shall not mislead the product’s nature and commit the violations of Vietnam law.

- With regard to products that are processed in different business operators:

+ The business operator carrying out the last stage of production (packaging and labeling) is defined in the list of business operators taking part in the program for certification of products for export in each import market;

+ The business operator carrying out the previous stages of production satisfies regulations on conditions for food safety of Vietnam and the corresponding import market;

+ Business operators that preliminarily process and process the shipment shall make a commitment on joint responsibility for implementation of measures for taking action against violations of the inspection authority if the shipment is warned by the competent authority of the import country or detected to commit violations on food safety by the inspection authority;

+ Business operators that produce the shipment shall keep adequate dossier of production, control the food safety during the stages of production carried out by them and ensure the product traceability.

View more details at Circular No. 48/2013/TT-BNNPTNT of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Vietnam, effective from December 26, 2013.

Thu Ba

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