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Circular No. 43/2014/TT-BYT providing for the management of functional food.

Country/Territory
Viet Nam
Document type
Miscellaneous
Date
2014
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Công Báo No. 09-10 (04/1/2015).
Subject
Food & nutrition
Keyword
Food additives Nutrition Packaging/labelling Special dietary uses Food quality control/food safety Internal trade International trade
Geographical area
Asia, East Asian Seas, South-Eastern Asia
Entry into force notes
This Circular enters into force on 1 February 2015.
Abstract

This Circular, consisting of 21 articles divided into eight Chapters, provides for the activities related to the production, trading, announcement and labelling of, and provision of use instructions for, functional food, including supplemented food, health supplements/food supplements/dietary supplements and medical food (food for special medical purposes), and also food for special dietary uses. This Circular does not apply to infant formulas. The production, trading, announcement and labelling of, and provision of use instructions for, infant formulas must comply with relevant technical regulations and the provisions on trading and use of infant formulas. The Circular is divided as follows: General Provisions (Chap. I); General Requirements for Functional Food (Chap. II); Requirements on Supplemented Food (Chap. III); Requirements on Health Supplements (Chap. IV); Requirements on Medical Food and Food for Special Dietary Uses (Chap. V); Conditions for Production and Trading of, and Use Instructions for, Functional Food (Chap. VI); Recall and Disposal of Unsafe Functional Food (Chap. VII); Implementation Provisions (Chap. VIII).

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References - Legislation

Repeals

Circular No. 08/2004/TT-BYT guiding the management of functional foodstuff products.

Legislation | Viet Nam | 2004

Keyword: Food additives, Nutrition, Packaging/labelling, Special dietary uses, Food quality control/food safety

Source: FAO, FAOLEX