How to self-declare green tea powder product in Vietnam?

How to self-declare green tea powder product in Vietnam? (Image from the Internet)

Based on legal basis: Article 5 of Decree 15/2018/ND-CP and Article 3 of Decree 155/2018/ND-CP.

* Preparation of self-declaration documents includes:

a) The self-declaration form (Form No. 01 in Appendix I hereof);

b) Original copy or certified true copy of the food safety data sheet issued within 12 months before the self-declaration is made by an designated laboratory or a laboratory complying with ISO 17025; the data sheet must specify safety indicators prescribed by the Ministry of Health according to risk management principles under international regulations (or standards applied by the supplier if relevant regulations of the Ministry of Health are not available).

Note: Self-declaration documents must be written in Vietnamese language; documents in other languages must be translated into Vietnamese language and notarized. The documents must be unexpired when the self-declaration is submitted.

* Procedure for self-declaration of products:

- The self-declaration shall be posted through mass media or the producer’s website or premises and announced on the updated food safety information data system.

Note:

+ The self-declaration shall be posted through mass media or the producer’s website or premises; 01 copy of the self-declaration shall be submitted, directly or by post, to regulatory authority designated by the People’s Committee of the province for storage of the dossier and publication of the name of the organization, individual and the names of self-declared products on the electronic information page of the receiving agency.

+ If the supplier has more than one factory that produces the same product, self-declaration documents shall be submitted to the regulatory authority of one of the provinces of the supplier’s choice. Once selected, self-declaration documents shall be submitted to the same authority.

- Right after the self-declaration is submitted, the supplier is entitled to manufacture and sell the product and assume full responsibility for the safety of such product.

Form 01 Appendix I issued together with Decree 15/2018/ND-CP:

SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM
Independence - Freedom - Happiness
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SELF-DECLARATION OF PRODUCT

Number: ………………./Enterprise Name/Year of declaration

I. Information about the organization, individual self-declaring the product

Organization, individual name: .......................................................................................................

Address: ..............................................................................................................................

Phone: …………………………………………….. Fax: ................................................

E-mail.................................................................................................................................

Enterprise code:..........................................................................................................

Number of Certificate of Good Manufacturing Practice: ……………….. Date of issuance/Place of issuance: ……………. (for establishments subject to issuance of Certificate of Good Manufacturing Practice as prescribed)

II. Information about the product

1. Product name: ................................................................................................................

2. Ingredients: ....................................................................................................................

3. Product shelf life: ..........................................................................................

4. Packaging specifications and packaging materials: ...........................................................................

5. Name and address of the product manufacturing facility (in case of outsourcing production):..................

.............................................................................................................................................

III. Product label sample (attach product label sample or expected product label sample)

IV. Food safety requirements

Organizations, individuals producing, trading in food products meeting the requirements on food safety according to:

- National technical standards No....; or

- Circulars of ministries, sectors; or

- Local technical standards; or

- National standards (in case there are no national technical standards, Circulars of ministries, Local technical standards); or

- Standards of the Codex Alimentarius Commission, Regional standards, Foreign standards (in case there are no national technical standards, Circulars of ministries, Local technical standards, National standards); or

- Manufacturer's standards attached (in case there are no national technical standards, Circulars of ministries, Local technical standards, National standards, Standards of the Codex Alimentarius Commission, Regional standards, Foreign standards).

We commit to fully comply with the legal provisions on food safety and take full responsibility for the legal validity of the declaration and quality, food safety of the declared products./.

……………, day…. month…. year........

REPRESENTATIVE OF ORGANIZATION, INDIVIDUAL

(Signature, stamp)

Best Regards!