Category      

Inspection

Responsible Agency

MOH

MARD

MOIT

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

Item

Description

An application for normal  inspection consists of the following documents

1

The registration form No. 04 in Appendix I

2

The product self-declaration

3

Original copies of 03 notices of satisfactory results of consecutive tightened inspections (to switch over from tightened inspection to normal inspection)

4

A copy of the packing list

5

 For the products mentioned in Article 14 of this Decree, the original copy of the certificate of fulfillment of food safety requirements issued by a competent authority of the exporting country, except for fish caught and processed by foreign vessels and sold to Vietnam’s market.

Step 1

Before the shipment arrives at the border checkpoint, the goods owner shall submit the application according to Clause 2 Article 18 of this Decree to the inspecting authority or National Single-window Information Portal of the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development or the Ministry of Industry and Trade (if applied)

Step 2

 Within 03 working days from the receipt of the application, the customs authority shall process it and issue a notice of whether the inspection result is satisfactory (form No. 05 of Appendix I hereof). If the application has to be supplemented, explanation and legal basis must be provided

Step 3

The goods owner shall submit the notice of satisfactory inspection result to the customs authority to be granted customs clearance