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Circular No. 34/1999/TT-BTM guiding the implementation of the Prime Minister's Decision No. 178/1999/QD-TTg issuing the Regulation on the labeling of goods to be circulated in the country and of export as well as import goods.

Country/Territory
Viet Nam
Document type
Miscellaneous
Date
1999
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Công Báo No. 5, 8 February 1999, pp. 43-48.
Subject
Food & nutrition
Keyword
Food quality control/food safety Packaging/labelling
Geographical area
Asia, East Asian Seas, South-Eastern Asia
Abstract

This Circular further clarifies and complements the Regulation prescribes rules for the labelling of goods manufactured in Vietnam as well as imported goods. "Goods" here includes raw and processed foodstuffs, and essential commodities. The Circular prescribes rule relative to the description of contents of goods in labels, including indications of appellation, name and address of trader, quantity, ingredients, origin, and quality indication criteria. As far as the last indication is concerned, merchants shall describe on the label "the technical parameters and quantitative indicators of the major quality criteria".

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