Blow for food safety in VietnamVietNamNet Bridge – Food enterprises can now declare their products safe and hygienic, without having to apply for any official certification. Food enterprises can now declare their products safe and hygienic, without having to apply for any official certification.— Photo vtc.vnDecree 15/2018/NĐ-CP was put into effect last month; with the food safety change one of the most significant parts of the decree. Under the decree, organisations and individuals producing and selling food will announce their product’s safety on multi-media, websites or at their offices themselves, instead of applying for food safety and hygiene certificates like before. Another problem, Hau said, was that the food safety and hygiene certificate dictated that the enterprise had to take responsibility for their own products. Vu Tien Loc, chairman of the Viet Nam Chamber of Commerce and Industry, said the medical sector’s certificates for food enterprises could not cover all of the enterprises’ work.

Source: VietNamNet News March 06, 2018 10:18 UTC