Vietnam: 03 requirements for testing for chemicals banned from being used in fishery foods

15:10, 01/01/2020

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development of Vietnam issued Circular No. 28/2019/TT-BNNPTNT providing technical requirements for testing for chemicals and antibiotics banned from being used in fishery foods.

According to Circular No. 28/2019/TT-BNNPTNT of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Vietnam, food testing laboratories that serve the state management tasks, are designated by Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and qualified to test for chemical and antibiotic indicators in fishery foods according to the Joint Circular No. 20/2013/TTLT-BYT-BCT-BNNPTNT are required to:

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- Meet the requirements for testing laboratories laid down in Article 4 and Article 5 of the Joint Circular No. 20/2013/TTLT-BYT-BCT-BNNPTNT dated August 01, 2013.

- Determine CCβ values of testing methods according to Section 3.1.2.6 of the Annex enclosed with the Decision No. 2002/657/EC dated August 17, 2002 of the European Commission, and specify CCβ values for banned chemicals/antibiotics in corresponding test reports.

- Be assessed and designated by a competent authority to perform testing for some chemicals and antibiotics banned from being used in fishery foods with established permitted MRPLs in order to serve the performance of food safety management tasks by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development as prescribed in Circular No. 28/2019/TT-BNNPTNT.

In which, the CCβ value for a chemical or antibiotic banned from being used in fishery foods must be less than or equal to (≤) the corresponding MRPL prescribed in the Appendix enclosed with Circular No. 28/2019/TT-BNNPTNT.

View full text at Circular No. 28/2019/TT-BNNPTNT of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Vietnam, effective from February 13, 2020.

Thu Ba

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