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Decree No. 163/2004/ND-CP detailing the implementation of a number of Articles of the Ordinance on Food Hygiene and Safety.

Country/Territory
Viet Nam
Document type
Regulation
Date
2004
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Công Báo No. 17, 14 September 2004, pp. 58-71.
Subject
Food & nutrition
Keyword
Food quality control/food safety Fraud Hygiene/sanitary procedures Internal trade International trade Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Packaging/labelling Processing/handling Toxicity/poisoning Treated food HACCP
Geographical area
Asia, East Asian Seas, South-Eastern Asia
Entry into force notes
15 days from its publication.
Abstract

The decree is divided in the following Chapters: I, General Provisions; II, Hygiene and safety in Food Production and Trading; III, State Management Responsibilities for Food Hygiene and Safety and responsibilities in the prevention and overcoming of food poisoning and food-borne diseases; IV, Examination and Inspection of Food Hygiene and Safety; V, Implementation Provisions. The provisions deal mostrly with the unalienating right of the customer to the choice, consumption and trading of healthy and safe food, whose hygiene and safety requirements are fullfilled and to be provided with information about food hygiene procedures in food processing, handling, packaging and selling. Poisoning and toxicity must be avoided at any cost as any contamination due to mis-handling or mis-processing by the personnel involved in food production.

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