Plant Protection Department - Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development proposed Circular is based on Articles 41 and 42 of the Law on Food Safety 2010 and on Article 23 of Decree 15/2018/ND-CP detailing the implementation of some articles of the Law on Food Safety.

In order to supervise food safety of imports, this Circular regulates:

• dossiers and procedures to inspect food safety of plant origin exports;
• handling of re-imported plant origin exports in the event of food safety non-compliance with relevant regulations of importing countries; and
• the form presenting food safety inspection results of plant origin exports.

Products covered: Foods of plant origin

HS code: 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15

Proposed date of adoption: December, 2018

Proposed date of entry into force: December, 2018

Final date for comments: 14-12-2018

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