Vietnam: Exemption from the certificate of food safety

09:32, 01/04/2018

Decree No. 15/2018/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government on the elaboration of some Articles of the Law of Food safety was issued on February 02, 2018. One of the notable contents of this Decree is the regulation on exemption from the certificate of food safety.

Specifically, according to Article 12 of Decree No. 15/2018/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, the following entities are not required to obtain the certificate of food safety:

- Micro food manufacturers;

- Mobile food manufacturers and sellers;

- Micro food processors;

- Micro food sellers;

- Sellers of prepackaged foods;

- Manufacturers and sellers of instruments and materials for wrapping and storing food;

- Restaurants within hotels;

- Industrial kitchens not registered as a food business;

- Street food vendors;

- Any food business that has one of the following certificates: GMP, HACCP, ISO 22000, IFS, BRC, FSSC 22000 or an equivalent certificate.

These entities must satisfy corresponding food safety requirements.

View more: Decree No. 15/2018/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government came into force from February 02, 2018.

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