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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.

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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Repealed by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