Food safety assurance conditions for small-scale food production and trading in Vietnam

Food safety assurance conditions for small-scale food production and trading in Vietnam (Internet image)

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1. Food safety assurance conditions for small-scale food production and trading in Vietnam

Food safety assurance conditions for small-scale food production and trading in Vietnam according to Article 22 of the Law on Food Safety 2010 are as follows:

- Small-scale food producers and traders must meet the following food safety assurance conditions:

+ Ensuring safely distance from toxic and contaminating sources:

+ Having sufficient technically qualified water for food production and trading:

+ Having appropriate equipment for food production and trading which neither harm nor contaminate food;

+ Using materials, chemicals, food additives, processing aids, food-packaging tools and food packages and containers in preliminary processing, processing and preservation of food;

+ Complying with regulations on health, knowledge and practices of persons directly engaged in food production and trading:

+ Collecting and treating waste under the law on environmental protection;

+ Maintaining food safety assurance conditions and storing trading-related information to ensure the tracing of food origin.

- The Minister of Health, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Minister of Industry and Trade shall promulgate national technical regulations and specify food safety assurance conditions for small-scale food production and trading in their assigned management domains.

- People's Committees of provinces and centrally run cities (below referred to as provincial-level People's Committees) shall promulgate local technical regulations and specify food safety assurance conditions for small-scale food production and trading for local particular food.

2. Food safety assurance conditions for food transportation in Vietnam

Food safety assurance conditions for food transportation according to Article 21 of the Law on Food Safety 2010 are as follows:

- Organizations and individuals transporting food must meet the following conditions:

+ Means for transporting foods are made of materials which do not contaminate food and food packages and are easy to clean;

+ Food preservation conditions as required by food producers and traders are maintained throughout the course of transportation;

+ Food is not transported together with toxic goods or goods which may cause cross-contamination and affect food quality.

- Competent state management agencies shall provide means for transporting food and routes for transporting fresh and raw food in urban areas.

3. Food safety assurance conditions for producers of fresh and raw food in Vietnam

Food safety assurance conditions for producers of fresh and raw food according to Article 23 of the Law on Food Safety 2010 are as follows:

- Producers of fresh and raw food must meet the following conditions:

+ Meeting requirements on cultivation land, water sources and production places for producing safe food;

+ Complying with the laws on use of plant varieties and livestock breeds; fertilizer, animal feed, plant protection drugs, veterinary drugs, growth, weight and sexual maturity stimulants, food preservatives and other food safety-related substances;

+ Complying with regulations on animal quarantine and hygiene in animal slaughtering; and plant quarantine for crop products;

+ Treating waste under the law on environmental protection:

+ Using detergents, disinfectants and antidotes which are safe for humans and the environment;

+ Maintaining food safety assurance conditions, keeping records of source and origin of food materials and other documents on the entire process to produce fresh and raw food.

- The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development shall provide specific food safety assurance conditions for producers of fresh and raw food.

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