Food Safety Law and Guiding Decree Released
Report Highlights:
This report provides an un-official translation of the Vietnam Food Safety Law (FSL) promulgated by Order No.06/2010/L-CTN, and ratified by the National Assembly on June 17, 2010. The FSL entered into force on July 1, 2011, and supersedes the Vietnam Food Ordinance approved in 2003 (VM 3014).The FSL is the umbrella guidance on food safety, dividing responsibility for testing and enforcement of food safety among the Ministries of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD), Health (MOH), and Industry and Trade (MOIT).
