What are general requirements for food origin tracing in Vietnam?
What are general requirements for food origin tracing in Vietnam? Thank you!
Pursuant to Article 4 of the Circular 17/2021/TT-BNNPTNT (takes effect from 02/02/2022) stipulating general requirements for food origin tracing in Vietnam as follows:
- A facility shall establish a food origin tracing system according to the “one step back, one step forward” principle to ensure the identification and tracking of a product unit at specified stages of the process to produce and trade food.
- Upon receiving a food origin tracing request, a facility shall provide the stored information about the consignor and consignee during its production and trading process.
- After each stage, the food shall be encrypted and identified by an appropriate method in order to serve origin tracing.
- Facilities subject to the issuance of a certificate of food safety; facilities that have already been issued one of the following certificates: Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP), Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point System (HACCP), ISO 22000 food safety management system, International Food Standard (IFS), British Retailer Consortium (BRC), food safety system certification (FSSC 22000), or equivalences which are all unexpired. Such facilities shall establish and maintain the origin tracing system according to regulations prescribed in Article 5; and store information for origin tracing according to regulations prescribed in Article 6 of this Circular.
- The establishment of an origin tracing system is optional for facilities that are not prescribed in Clause 4 of this Article. However, such facilities shall store mandatory information for origin tracing purposes prescribed in Clauses 1, 3, 4 Article 6 of this Circular.
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