Order No. 20/2003/L-CTN promulgating the Ordinance on food hygiene and safety. Country/Territory Viet Nam Document type Legislation Date 2003 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Công Báo No. 138, 24 August 2003, pp. 10-19. Subject Food & nutrition Keyword Food quality control/food safety Hygiene/sanitary procedures Food additives Genetically modified organism (GMO) Packaging/labelling Processing/handling Radiation Special dietary uses Transport/storage Treated food Fraud Residues Standards Toxicity/poisoning Geographical area Asia, East Asian Seas, South-Eastern Asia Entry into force notes The Ordinance enter into force on 1 November 2003. Abstract The Order includes the following: Chapter I, General Provisions; Chapter II, Food production and trading: Section 1- Fresh and raw food production and trading; Section 2- Food processing; Section 3- Food preservation and transportation; Section 4- Food import, export; Section 5- Food production and business conditions; Section 6- Announcement of food hygiene and safety standards; Section 7- Food advertisement and labelling. Chapter III, Prevention and overcoming of food poisoning and diseases transmitted via food; Chapter IV, State Management over food hygiene and safety. The Ordinance provides for the application of hygiene and safety measures in processing, packing, storing, transporting food either fresh or raw; it provides for the additives used in food processing, accidental poisoning, eventual food -transmitted diseases and the GMO technologies applied to food production. Full text English References - Legislation Repealed by Law No. 55/2010/QH12 on Food Safety. Legislation | Viet Nam | 2010 Keyword: Basic legislation, Food quality control/food safety, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Internal trade, International trade, Packaging/labelling, Processing/handling, Transport/storage, Genetically modified organism (GMO), Residues, Fraud Source: FAO, FAOLEX