Title: Circular 25/2010/TT-BNNPTNT guiding the food hygiene and safety inspection of imports of animal origin under MARD's management

Type: Circular

Issuing Agency: Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development

Responsible Agency: Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development

Issuing Date: 04-08-2010

 

 

Imports of animal origin free from food hygiene and safety inspection

1. Hand-carried goods for personal consumption, food being gifts and diplomatic and consular packages as defined by law;

2. Transit goods;

3. Goods stored at bonded warehouses.

Inspection and control agencies

1. Agencies conducting inspection in exporting countries: The National Agro-Forestry-Fisheries Quality Assurance Department shall assume the prime responsibility for. and coordinate with the Animal Health Department and concerned agencies in. conducting such inspection.

2. Agencies conducting inspection at border gates: units under or authorized by the Animal Health Department.

3. Agencies conducting inspection at storage-yards and issuing certificates or notices of food hygiene and safety quality:

a/ For terrestrial animal products: units under or authorized by the Animal Health Department.

b/ For aquatic animal products: units under or authorized by the National Agro-Forestry-Fisheries Quality Assurance Department.

4. Agencies inspecting and controlling products on market sale:

a/ Animal Health Sub-Departments of provinces and centrally run cities shall inspect and control lots of imported terrestrial animal products within the control program provided in the Agriculture and Rural Development Ministry's Circular No. 05/2010/TT-BNN of January 22. 2010, guiding the hygiene and safety inspection and control of agricultural food before market sale.

b/Agro-Forestry-Fisheries Quality Assurance Sub-Departments of provinces and centrally run cities or units assigned by provincial-level Agriculture and Rural Development Departments to manage agro-forestry and aquatic product quality shall inspect and control imported aquatic animal products within the control program provided in the Agriculture and Rural Development Ministry's Circular No. 56/2009/ TT-BNN of September 7. 2009. guiding the hygiene and safety inspection and control of aquatic food before market sale.

 

FOOD HYGIENE AND SAFETY INSPECTION IN EXPORTING COUNTRIES

Registration dossiers

The competent body of an exporting country shall submit registration dossiers to the National Agro-Forestry-Fisheries Quality Assurance Department. A dossier comprises:

-A list of registered Vietnam-bound exporters, made according to a form provided in Appendix 1 to this Circular (not printed herein);

- Information on the food hygiene and safety control system and capacity of the competent body of the exporting country, made according to a form provided in Appendix 2 to this Circular (not printed herein):

- Brief information of food hygiene and safety conditions of exporters, made according to a form provided in Appendix 3 to this Circular (not printed herein).

Verification of registration dossiers

Within 30 working days after receiving a complete registration dossier and list of exporters of the competent body of an exporting country, the National Agro-Forestry-Fisheries Quality Assurance Department shall assume the prime responsibility for. and coordinate with the Animal Health Department in. verifying the dossier, notify that body of verification results and the inspection plan when inspection in the exporting country is required.

Inspection contents

1. The legal system on food hygiene and safety management and control;

2. Capacity of the food hygiene and safety control body of the exporting country;

3. Food hygiene and safety conditions of registered Vietnam-bound exporters.

Inspection modes

1. First-time inspection: To inspect the food hygiene and safety control system and food hygiene and safety conditions of exporters of an exporting country to recognize their export to Vietnam.

2. Supervisory inspection: To inspect the maintenance of the food hygiene and safety control system of an exporting country and food hygiene and safety conditions of recognized exporters.

Processing of inspection results and announcement of lists of eligible Vietnam-bound exporters

1. When physical inspection in an exporting country is not required, the National Agro-Forestry-Fisheries Quality Assurance Department shall announce inspection results together with a list of eligible Vietnam-bound exporters.

2. When physical inspection in an exporting country is required, within 30 working days after concluding an inspection in the exporting country, the National Agro-Forestry-Fisheries Quality Assurance Department shall process and announce inspection results together with a list of eligible Vietnam-bound exporters.

When inspection results show that food hygiene and safety requirements are not full) met. the National Agro-Forestry-Fisheries Quality Assurance Department shall notify such and clearly state the reasons for ineligible Vietnam-bound exporters.

3. When wishing to add Vietnam-bound exporters, the competent body of an exporting country shall submit a dossier under Article 9 of this Circular to a competent Vietnamese agency for consideration (dossier verification or physical inspection in the exporting country) and addition to the list of eligible Vietnam-bound exporters.

 

FOOD HYGIENE AND SAFETY INSPECTION OF IMPORT LOTS IN VIETNAM

Inspection contents, order and procedures

1. For lots of aquatic animal products: To comply with the Agriculture and Rural Development Ministry's Decision No. 118/2008/ QD-BNN of December 11. 2008. promulgating the Regulation on inspection and certification of quality and food hygiene and safety of aquatic products, and Circular No. 78/2009/TT-BNN of December 10. 2009. on inspection and sampling for testing of aquatic product lots, and relevant laws.

2. For lots of terrestrial animal products: To comply with the Agriculture and Rural Development Ministry's Decision No. 86/2005/ QD-BNN of December 26. 2005. promulgating dossier forms of animal and animal product quarantine and veterinary hygiene inspection: Decision No. 15/2006/QD-BNN of March 8. 2006, providing the process and procedures for quarantine of animal and animal products and veterinary hygiene inspection: and Circular No. 11/2009/TT-BNN of March 4. 2009. amending and supplementing a number of provisions on the process and procedures for quarantine of animals and animal products and veterinary hygiene inspection promulgated together with Decision No. 15/2006/QD-BNN of March 8. 2006. and relevant laws.

Inspection and control of goods on market sale

1. To check the origin of import lots;

2. To inspect conditions of preservation, division, packing and circulation in the market:

3. To take and send samples to laboratories designated to analyze food hygiene and safety criteria when detecting elements of violation or doubtful about food hygiene and safety or upon request of line management departments.

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