VNM/235
WTO/TBT
VN Vietnam
  • 67 - Food technology
2022-10-21
2022-08-23

All kinds of foodstuff

Draft Circular amending, supplementing and repealing a number of legal documents on food safety issued by the Minister of Health.; (75 page(s), in Vietnamese)

This draft of Circular will amend, supplement and repeal a number of articles of legal documents on food safety as belows:

- Circular No. 24/2019/TT-BYT dated August 30, 2019 of the Minister of Health regulating the management and usage of food additives;

- Decision No. 46/2007/QD-BYT of Minister of Health regulating the maximum limit of contamination and chemicals in food;

- Circular No. 18/2019/TT-BYT dated July 17, 2019 of the Minister of Health guiding Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) in the production and trading of dietary supplements;

- Circular No. 43/2014/TT-BYT dated November 24, 2014 of the Minister of Health regulating the management of functional foods;

- Circular No. 48/2015/TT-BYT dated December 1, 2015 of the Minister of Health stipulating food safety inspection activities in food production and trading under the management of the Ministry of Health;

- Circular No. 29/2020/TT-BYT dated December 31, 2020 of the Minister of Health on amendments to and abrogation of some legislative documents promulgated or jointly promulgated by the minister of health

The draft circular will repeal following legal documents:

- Circular No. 14/2011/TT-BYT dated April 1, 2011 of the Minister of Health on guidelines for taking samples for inspection and examination of food quality, hygiene and safety.

- Decision No. 38/2008/QD-BYT dated December 11, 2008 of the Minister of Health promulgating on "Prescribing the maximum limit of melamine cross-contamination in food." - Decision No. 1348/QD-BYT dated April 13, 2016 of the Ministry of Health on the correction of Circular No. 48/2015/TT-BYT dated December 1, 2015 of the Minister of Health regulating food safety inspection activities in food production and trading under the management of the Ministry of Health