food safety

Singapore is a market with high and strict requirements for food safety

17:17 | 31/12/2023 Import-Export

VCN - According to the Vietnam Trade Office in Singapore, recently the Singapore Food Authority (SFA) informed that the private company Viet-Sin Grocery, registered for business in Singapore since 2020, has been subject to fined SG $36,000 D for illegally

EU relaxes food safety regulation for Vietnamese instant noodles

16:10 | 12/06/2023 Import-Export

Vietnamese instant noodle products imported into the European Union (EU) market will not be required of certificates of food safety inspection issued by Vietnam’s authorised agencies from June 27.

Difficulties in determining samples for testing

09:32 | 26/03/2023 Regulations

VCN – Customs face challenges in determining whether imported food samples for testing are exempt from state inspection for food safety, as well as in identifying which products require registration for announcement purposes.

Ambassadors, businesses advise on export of vegetables and fruits to the EU

15:44 | 01/11/2021 Import-Export

further promoting products through large fruit and vegetable fairs is one of a series of solutions given by ambassadors and businesses to be able to export vegetables to the EU market

Risk management applied to specialised inspection

08:12 | 25/07/2021 Customs

VCN – The majority of surveyed firms assessed procedures for specialised management and inspection of ministries at a “normal level”.

Seafood enterprises expect scheme on reforming model of quality inspection and food safety inspection to be applied soon

20:16 | 25/06/2021 Customs

VCN - Appreciating the scheme on “Reforming the model of quality inspection and food safety inspection for imported goods" approved by the Government, seafood enterprises expect that the scheme will be applied soon to support enterprises.

Develop draft decree on specialised inspection in Q2

14:12 | 17/06/2021 Customs

VCN- The draft decree on management mechanism, methods and procedures for quality inspection and food safety inspection for import goods, developed and completed by the Ministry of Finance, has been consulted on by the Ministry of Justice. Le Nguyen Viet Ha, Deputy Head of Customs Control and Supervision Division No.1, spoke to Customs News about the highlights of the draft decree.

Urgently deploy scheme for reforming model of specialized inspection

15:42 | 21/01/2021 Customs

VCN- At the meeting, Deputy Director General Mai Xuan Thanh requested the advisory units to discuss and comment on tasks, coordination and results.

Export of agricultural products accelerates from the beginning of the year

19:33 | 17/01/2021 Import-Export

After achieving impressive results in 2020, the agricultural sector is finally promoting exports from the beginning of the year to aim at a rather high export target of US$44 billion in 2021

Plant-origin products: Customs proposes solutions, Ministry of Health delays answer

10:36 | 28/11/2020 Customs

VCN - Regarding the application of management policies for imported plant-origin products, the General Department of Customs has repeatedly proposed the Ministry of Health to give an answer soon to remove difficulties for enterprises and avoid cargo conge

Reforming the model of quality and food safety inspections

19:50 | 15/07/2020 Customs

The new model applies sufficiently and effectively advanced inspection methods such as traceability and risk management, and is consistent with international practices, conventions and agreements Vietnam has signed and acceded to.

MARD adds procedures to NSW

12:25 | 22/03/2020 Customs

VCN- The General Department of Vietnam Customs- the Standing Committee of 1899 Committee1899 has received a dispatch from the Plant Protection Department notifying of the official connection of the above procedures.

Obstacles should be removed around Decree 15 on food safety

19:53 | 10/04/2019 Regulations

VCN- According to the provisions of Clause 1, Article 19 of Decree 15, in order to apply the reduced inspection method, organizations and individuals must have a lot of goods or items falling into one of the cases prescribed in Article 17 of Decree No. 15

Customs sector strengthen to handle administrative violation on food safety

17:24 | 19/10/2018 Customs

General Department of Vietnam Customs has requested provincial Customs Departments to implement the Decree 115/2018/NĐ-CP dated 4/9/2018 of the Government

Preventing imported goods which do not guarantee food safety

16:08 | 06/09/2018 Anti-Smuggling

The Customs Control and Supervision Department has requested the local customs units to strengthen the management and prevent the import of goods which do not guarantee food safety.