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). Full text English Website www.vietnamlawmagazine.vn 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