Title: Circular 03/2011/TT-BNNPTNT of January 21, 2011 on tracing and recall of fishery products failing to meet food quality and safety requirements

Type: Circular

Issuing Agency: Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development

Responsible Agency: Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development

Issuing Date: 21-01-2011

 

This Circular provides principles and procedures for the tracing and recall of fishery products failing to meet food quality and safely requirements: and responsibilities of organizations and individuals engaged in fishery production and business, and agencies involved in the implementation of this Circular.

Subjects of application

1. This Circular applies to fishery production and business establishments (below referred to as establishments):

a/ Fishing vessels with main engine capacity of 50 HP or higher: aquatic animal feed producers and traders: producers and traders of chemicals and products for aquaculture environment treatment and improvement; producers, traders and hatcheries of commercial aquatic animal seeds, and aquaculture establishments:

b/ Independent ice producers serving aquatic product preservation and processing: establishments procuring, preliminarily processing, storing, preserving, packing and processing aquatic products for domestic consumption:

c/ Export aquatic food processing vessels: establishments cleaning and supplying live bivalve mollusks (with products served raw): independent cold storehouses preserving aquatic products; establishments preliminarily processing, packing and processing aquatic products and having export products.

2. This Circular does not apply to households and individuals producing fishery products on a small scale for domestic use without sale in the market; and producers of products of aquatic origin which are not used as food.

 

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