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Procedure Name

State inspection of food safety for imported food by reduced inspection method

Description

Category	Inspection
Responsible Agency	GDVC
Legal basis of the Procedure	Decree No. 15/2018/ND-CP dated February 02, 2018 elaboration of some articles of the law of food safety
Processing time	03 working days
Fee	VND 1,500,000/lot (goods items x VND100.000), maximum VND 10,000,000/lot

Required documents

Item	Description
An application for reduced inspection consists of the following documents
1	The product self-declaration
2	03 notices of satisfactory results of consecutive normal inspections, or certified true copies or consularly legalized copies of either GMP, HACCP, ISO 22000, IFS, BRC, FSSC 22000 certificate of an equivalent certificate that is unexpired when submitted
3	For products derived from aquatic animals and terrestrial animals, except for processed or prepackaged products, the original copy of the certificate of fulfillment of food safety requirements issued by a competent authority of the exporting country

Process Steps

Step 1

While following customs procedures, the goods owner shall submit an application according to Clause 1 Article 18 the Decree 15/2018/ND-CP

Step 2

The customs authority shall carry out document inspection of up to 5% of the shipments eligible for reduced inspection within 01 year.

Within 03 working days from the receipt of the application, the customs authority shall process it and consider granting customs clearance. If the application has to be supplemented, explanation and legal basis must be provided.

Reduced inspection will be carried out if:

a) There is a certificate of food safety issued by the competent authority of a country that has entered a mutual recognition agreement regarding food safety inspection to which Vietnam is also a signatory; the inspection result given by the competent authority of the exporting country is satisfactory;

b) The results of 03 consecutive normal inspections within 12 months are satisfactory;

c) The manufacturer applies either GMP, HACCP, ISO 22000, IFS, BRC, FSSC 22000 or an equivalent system.