The Decree No. 123/2018/ND-CP amending and supplementing certain Decrees on investment and business requirements in the agriculture sector is issued by the Government on September 17, 2018.

According to this Decree, slaughter houses must satisfy the following requirements:

- Slaughter houses must be located at the safe distance from residential areas, schools, hospitals, regularly crowded places, national highways, rivers, streams, water supply sources for domestic use, animal farms, market places where livestock and poultry are sold, and contamination sources;

- Operating slaughter houses must meet requirements concerning veterinary medicine hygiene and animal disease safety, and ensure food safety in accordance with laws.

In addition, this Decree also repeal the regulation that slaughter houses owner and worker must obtain the Certificate of food safety and satisfy health requirement; slaughter houses be supplied with enough water for slaughtering and processing under QCVN 01:2009/BYT and wastewater drainage systems flowing from areas of high hygiene requirements…

This Decree takes effect on September 17, 2018.