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Procedure NameState inspection of safety for imported foods
Description
Category Quality Inspection
Responsible Agency           
Vietnam Food Administration - Ministry of Health
Address: 183A Giang Vo – Ba Dinh - Hanoi
Phone: 04.38464489; 04.38463702
Email: vfa@vfa.gov.vn
 
Legal Basis of the Procedure                   
Decree 38/2012/ND-CP, detailing the implementation of a number of articles of the law on food safety
Circular 19/2012/TT-BYT Guiding the regulation conformity announcement and announcement on comformity with regulation on food safety
Circular  52/2015/TT-BYT Regulations on state inspection of imported food safety, and applications and procedures for grant of certificate of export to exported foods under the administration of the Ministry of Health
 
Processing time No later than 05 working days after receiving full set of documents
Fee 0.1% total value of goods but not below 500,000 VND or above 10,000,000 VND
 
Required Documents
Serial
Document Title Remarks
1
An application for imported food inspection using the form in the Annex 02 of Circular  52/2015/TT-BYT. 01 copy
2
A certified true copy of the declaration of conformity or declaration of compliance to food safety regulations, or a copy of such declaration that is sealed by the trader enclosed with the original. 01 copy
3
A decision on grant of reduced inspection (if any) issued by the Department of Food Safety –Ministry of Health. 01 copy
4
The Power of Attorney of the trader granted to entities that are authorized to import or export food (if any). 01 copy (if any)
5
A copy of the packing list 01 copy
6
Certified true copies of the bills of lading and invoices signed and sealed by the trader. 01 copy, present the origin
 
Process Steps
Step 1
 
Submit application for inspection at the inspecting authority or via the portal of National Single Window
Step 2
The inspecting authority shall examine the application
Step 3
Execute the actual shipment inspection
Step 4 The inspecting authority shall issue of notice of whether such shipment satisfies the import requirements
 
Process Map:
 
 
 
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The following form/s are used in this procedure
TitleDescriptionCreated DateUpdated DateIssued By
Application form for inspection of imported food04-04-201604-04-2016Ministry of HealthThis is Dowload File
This procedure applies to the following measures
NameMeasure TypeAgencyDescriptionCommentsLegal DocumentValidity ToMeasure Class
Standard Certificates Required for Quality Inspection of Imported Food under MoH (Food safety inspection)Certificate RequirementMinistry of HealthStandard inspection is the inspection of the application and representative sample by which food labels, packages and special preservation (if any) are organoleptically examined.If any organoleptic indicator of packages or special preservation (if any) of inspected foods is suspected, the inspecting authority shall determine the group and testing indicators for the inspected article based on its ingredients, the history of the product quality, the history of owner’s importation, the origin of such product and its quality control system.Circular 52/2015/TT-BYT regulations state inspection of food safety for imported foods31-12-9999Good