Decree 09/2016/ND-CP provides for statutory micronutrients required to be added to food, or statutory food products required to be fortified with micronutrients and responsibilities of institutional and individual entities for fortification of food with micronutrients.

According to this Decree, the statutory micronutrients required to be added to food products include iodine, iron, zinc and vitamin A. Those micronutrients shall meet equivalent national technical regulations or conform to laws and regulations on food safety.

Statutory food products required to be fortified with micronutrients include: (i) Salt directly used in serving meals, or salt used for processing of food must be supplemented with iodine; (ii) Wheat flour used for processing of food must be supplemented with iron and zinc; and (iii) Vegetable oil containing one of components, such as soya oil, palm oil, rapeseed oil and peanut oil, must be supplemented with vitamin A, except for the vegetable oil used for processing of food by employing the industrial processing method. Those fortified food products must meet relevant national technical regulations and conform to laws and regulations on food safety.

Those establishments licensed to manufacture and trade micronutrients and food products fortified with micronutrients shall bear following responsibilities:

-  Ensure that their manufacture, trading and import of micronutrients and food products fortified with micronutrients comply with provisions enshrined in this Decree and other relevant laws and regulations;

- Assume liability for their micronutrient products and food products fortified with micronutrients that are not consistent with relevant national technical regulations or conformable to laws and regulations on food safety; and

- Micronutrient production establishments must autonomously purchase micronutrients for the purpose of manufacturing food products fortified with micronutrients to meet their own demands.

This Decree becomes effective since March 15, 2016 and annuls following legislation:

- Decree No. 163/2005/ND-CP dated December 29, 2005 on production and supply of iodinised salt products to consumers

- Clause 2 (e) Article 20 of the Government's Decree No. 38/2012/ND-CP dated April 25, 2012 on providing for details of several articles of the Law on Food Safety.