Regulations on limits of contaminants for health supplements/dietary supplements issued by the Ministry of Health of Vietnam

Regulations on limits of contaminants for health supplements/dietary supplements issued by the Ministry of Health of Vietnam

The QCVN 20-1:2024/BYT, composed by the Drafting Committee for the National Technical Regulation on the limits of contaminants in health supplements/dietary supplements, reviewed by the Department of Food Safety, appraised by the Ministry of Science and Technology (Hanoi, Vietnam), and issued by the Minister of Health of Vietnam, is attached to Circular 12/2024/TT-BYT dated July 18, 2024.

This technical regulation stipulates the maximum limits of contaminants (heavy metals and microorganisms); sampling and testing methods; management requirements; responsibilities of organizations and individuals producing or trading health supplements/dietary supplements.

This technical regulation does not apply to nutritional alcoholic products publicly declared as health supplements/dietary supplements.

This technical regulation applies to organizations and individuals producing and trading health supplements/dietary supplements within the territory of Vietnam and other related organizations and individuals.

Detailed contents can be viewed in Circular 12/2024/TT-BYT, which comes into force in Vietnam from August 1, 2025.

Note: Health protection food products that have received a Registration Receipt Certificate prior to August 1, 2025, if not yet compliant with the standards issued in Circular 12/2024/TT-BYT may continue to be imported, traded, and circulated until their expiration dates, except in cases of food safety warnings.

Product registration dossiers submitted before August 1, 2025, will continue to be processed according to the regulations at the time of submission.

From August 1, 2025, for health protection food products that have received a Registration Receipt Certificate, if the Manufacturer Standards do not comply with the standards issued in Circular 12/2024/TT-BYT, organizations and individuals must adjust the Manufacturer Standards to comply with the standards and notify in accordance with the provisions of Clause 4, Article 8 of Decree 15/2018/ND-CP.

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