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Circular No. 40/2012/TT-BCT on grant of food advertisement content certificates under the management of the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

Country/Territory
Viet Nam
Document type
Regulation
Date
2012
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Công Báo nos. 29-30, 19 January 2013.
Subject
Food & nutrition
Keyword
Food quality control/food safety Processing/handling Certification Food additives Packaging/labelling Beverages Milk/dairy products Internal trade International trade
Geographical area
Asia, East Asian Seas, South-Eastern Asia
Entry into force notes
This Circular enters into force on 3 February 2013.
Abstract

This Circular, consisting of 14 articles divided into three Chapters, provides for the competence, order and procedures for certification of advertisement contents being names, ingredients, uses, use instructions, preservation and effect warnings (if any) of one or a group of the following kinds of food: liquor, beer, soft drink, processed milk, vegetable oil, processed flour and starch products, confectionery and jam. This Circular applies to: 1. Organizations and individuals producing, processing, packaging and trading in liquor, beer, soft drink, processed milk, vegetable oil, processed flour and starchy products, confectionery and jam which are advertised in the Vietnamese territory. 2. Other related agencies, organizations and individuals. Article 3 establishes the conditions for obtaining advertisement content certificates: 1. The establishment has a complete and valid registration dossier as prescribed in article 8. 2. The food products are outside the list of products and goods banned from advertising under current law. 3. The establishment's food products meet food safety requirements or are of establishments/countries on the list of those recognized by competent Vietnamese agencies to fully meet food safety requirements under current law. 4. Advertisement contents are accurate and true to the quality and food safety assurance as announced and registered.

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