Hanoi-Vietnam: Permanent retention of documents on inspection of food safety

06:29, 11/07/2024

This is one of the notable contents stipulated in Circular 53/2017/TT-BYT regulating the retention periods of documents and professional materials of the healthcare sector in Vietnam.

Circular 53 has issued the retention periods for medical professional materials, in which the retention period for food safety documents is stipulated as follows:

No.	Name of documents	Retention Period
1	Documents on developing the food safety database; compiling, summarizing, and reporting on food safety management work based on the monitoring and report summary from the managing ministries	Permanent
2	Documents on monitoring, prevention, investigation, and coordination to prevent food poisoning and handle food safety incidents: - Serious cases - Other cases	Permanent 20 years
3	Permanent food safety hygiene Documents of the Vietnam Food Standards Committee (Codex Committee)	30 years
4	Documents on issuing regulations on general conditions to ensure food safety for production, business establishments, tools, packaging materials, and containers directly in contact with food	30 years
5	Documents on issuing regulations on general conditions to ensure food safety for collective kitchens, hotels, restaurants, street food businesses, etc.	30 years
6	Documents on managing the production, preliminary processing, processing, transportation, import and export business for: - Functional foods - Fortified foods with micronutrients - Food additives, beverages	30 years 30 years 30 years
7	Documents on inspection, guidance, and monitoring the implementation of legal regulations on food safety	Permanent
…	…	…

Full text of the regulation may be found in Circular 53/2017/TT-BYT effective from February 15, 2018.

- Thanh Lam -

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