What is the sample food safety inspection report 2024 in Vietnam? What are food inspection agencies in Vietnam?

What is the sample food safety inspection report 2024 in Vietnam?

Food Safety Inspection Report is a document prepared during the process of conducting food safety inspections at food service establishments.

You can refer to the sample Food Safety Inspection Report here.

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What are food inspection agencies in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Article 4 of the Circular 48/2015/TT-BYT (amended by Clause 3 Article 5 of the Circular 17/2023/TT-BYT) stipulating food inspection agencies; responsibilities and powers of food inspection agencies and inspectorates:

Food inspection agencies; responsibilities and powers of food inspection agencies and inspectorates.

1. Food inspection agencies:

a) The Department of Food Safety carries out the inspection of food safety nationwide.

b) The Departments of Health, Sub-Departments of Food Safety, food safety authorities of provinces and central-affiliated cities (hereinafter referred to as provinces) shall inspect food safety within their provinces;

c) People’s Committees of suburban districts, urban districts, towns, provincial cities, cities affiliated to central-affiliated cities (hereinafter referred to as districts) shall inspect food safety within their districts; the Health Committee Division, the Health Center, or a specialized agency shall assist the People’s Committee of district in inspecting food safety within the district;

d) People’s Committees of communes, the Public Health Stations of the wards shall responsible for inspecting food safety within their wards.

2. The competent authority of food safety inspection shall deliver its responsibilities and powers as regulated in Article 69 of the Law on Food Safety.

3. The inspectorate, appointed by the competent authority of food safety inspection, has its responsibility and power as regulated in Article 70 of the Law on Food Safety.

As regulated above, food inspection agencies are:

- The Department of Food Safety.

- The Departments of Health, Sub-Departments of Food Safety, food safety authorities of provinces and central-affiliated cities.

- People’s Committees of suburban districts, urban districts, towns, provincial cities, cities affiliated to central-affiliated cities

- The Health Committee Division, the Health Center, or a specialized agency.

- People’s Committees of communes, the Public Health Stations of the wards.

What is the completion time of development of the annual food safety inspection plan in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Article 7 of the Circular 48/2015/TT-BYT (amended by Clause 6 Article 5 of the Circular 17/2023/TT-BYT) stipulating planned Inspection:

Planned Inspection

1. Development of an inspection plan:

a)The competent inspection agency shall annually develop the inspection plan as promulgated in point a, Clause 2, Article 69 of the Law on food safety based on the requirements of food quality management and its movement, the assessment of the observance of the law on food safety; the last inspection results; its budget and the direction of its superior management authority.

b) The completion time of development of the inspection plan is as follows: before November 1 applicable to authorities of communes, November 15 for the authorities of districts, December 01 for the authorities of provinces and December 15 for the Department of Food Safety. The inspection plan shall be developed as the form indicated in the Annex 01 of this Circular.

2. Prior notice of the inspection: the inspection authority shall inform the inspected facility at least 01 day in advanced before the date of inspection, apart from food businesses or street food vendors that are not required to apply for business registration.

3. The planned inspection frequency shall not exceed 1 time per year, except for the case of unscheduled inspection specified in Article 8 of this Circular.

As regulated above, the completion time of development of the annual food safety inspection plan in Vietnam is as follows:

- Before November 1 applicable to authorities of communes;

- Before November 15 for the authorities of districts;

- Before December 01 for the authorities of provinces;

- Before December 15 for the Department of Food Safety.

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