What are responsibilities of People's Committees at all levels regarding state management of food safety in Vietnam?

What are responsibilities of People's Committees at all levels regarding state management of food safety in Vietnam?

Question from Mr. Huu Chien: What are responsibilities of People's Committees at all levels regarding state management of food safety in Vietnam?

Answer:

Pursuant to Article 65 of the Law on Food Safety in 2010 stipulating responsibilities of People's Committees at all levels regarding state management of food safety in Vietnam as follows:

1. To promulgate according to their competence or submit local legal documents and technical regulations to competent state agencies for promulgation; to formulate and implement master plans on safe food production zones and establishments so as to ensure management in the entire food supply chain.

2. To be responsible for managing food safety in their respective localities: to manage food safety assurance conditions for small-scale food production and trading establishments, street food, catering establishments, and food safety at local markets and subjects in their assigned management domain.

3. To make regular and irregular reports on the management of food safety in their respective localities.

4. To arrange human resources, train and improve qualifications of human resources for the work of food safety assurance in their respective localities.

5. To organize the work of information, education and communication to raise awareness about food safety, the sense of observing the law on food safety management, the sense of responsibility of food producers and traders toward the community and the awareness of consumers about food safety.

6. To inspect, examine and handle violations of the law on food safety in their respective localities.

What are responsibilities of the Ministry of Industry and Trade at all levels regarding state management of food safety in Vietnam?

I have a question. What are responsibilities of the Ministry of Industry and Trade at all levels regarding state management of food safety in Vietnam? Thank you!

Answer:

Pursuant to Article 64 of the Law on Food Safety in 2010 stipulating responsibilities of the Ministry of Industry and Trade at all levels regarding state management of food safety in Vietnam as follows:

1. To assume the prime responsibility for formulating, promulgating or submitting policies, strategies, master plans, plans and legal documents on food safety in its assigned management domain to competent stale agencies for promulgation and organize the implementation thereof.

2. To manage food safety in the process of production, processing, preservation, transportation, import, export and trading of liquor, beer, beverage, processed milk, vegetable oil, powder and starch processed products and other products under the Government's regulations.

3. To manage food safety with regard to food-packaging tools and food packages and containers in the process of food production, processing and trading in its assigned management domain.

4. To promulgate policies and master plans on markets and supermarkets and regulations on food trading at markets and supermarkets.

5. To assume the prime responsibility for preventing and controlling fake food, and trade fraud in food circulation and trading.

6. To make regular and irregular reports on the management of food safety in its assigned management domain.

7. To inspect, examine, and handle violations of the law on food safety in the process of food production, import, export, and trading in its assigned management domain.

What are responsibilities of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development at all levels regarding state management of food safety in Vietnam? 

Answer:

Pursuant to Article 63 of the Law on Food Safety in 2010 stipulating responsibilities of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development at all levels regarding state management of food safety in Vietnam as follows:

1. To assume the prime responsibility for formulating and promulgating or submitting policies, strategies, master plans, plans and legal documents on food safety in its assigned management domain to competent state agencies for promulgation, and organize the implementation thereof.

2. To manage food safely in the primary production of agricultural, forest, aquatic and salt products.

3. To manage food safety throughout the process of production, collection, slaughter, preliminary processing, processing, preservation. transportation, import, export and trading of cereals, meat and products thereof, aquatic animals and products thereof, vegetables, tubers and fruits and products thereof, eggs and products thereof, fresh milk, honey and products thereof, genetically modified food, salt and other farm products under the Government's regulations.

4. To manage food safety with regard to food-packaging tools and food packages and containers in the process of food production, processing and trading in its assigned management domain.

5. To make regular and irregular reports on the management of food safety in its assigned management domain.

6. To inspect, examine, and handle violations of the law on food safety in the process of food production, export, import and trading in its assigned management domain.

Best regards!