Summary
Detail
1. If the line ministries assign to the customs authorities to conduct quality inspection, food safety inspection, the customs authorities shall base on the conditions and criteria issued by the State management agencies issued to perform goods analysis.
Customs authorities shall notify articles assigned for quality inspection, food safety inspection by Ministry of specialized management
2. Notification of quality inspection, food safety inspection must be shown fully the analysis results and samples conclusions according to the criteria prescribed by the specialized Ministries.
3. Notification of quality inspection, food safety inspections shall be the basis for decision on customs clearance of goods..
4. Director of the Goods Verification Department under the General Department of Vietnam Customs shall issue the Declaration for quality control and food safety inspection results (Form No. 09/TBKQKT-CL-ATTP/2021 attached hereto) within the deadline for quality control and food safety inspection as specified in the law.
5. If the customs declarant does not agree with the results of quality inspection, food safety inspection, he/she shall make complaints under the Law on Complaints or solicit for assessment under the provisions of Article 30 of the Government's Decree No. 08 / 2015 / ND-CP dated January 21, 2015.
Required documents
The application dossiers for analysis and goods sample shall comply with the regulations and guidelines of the line ministries in charge of specialized management of quality inspection, food safety inspection.
An example of dossiers for state inspection of food safety for imported and exported foods (under the authority of the Ministry of Health) is presented below:
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Name of documents |
Note |
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1 |
Registration for state inspection of food safety (Form No. 04 in Appendix I of Decree No 15/2018/ND-CP) |
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2 |
The product self-declaration |
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3 |
Original copies of notices of satisfactory results of consecutive tightened inspections (to switch over from tightened inspection to normal inspection |
03 copies |
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4 |
A copy of the Packing list |
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4 |
For the products mentioned in Article 14 of Decree No 15/2018/ND-CP, the original copy of the certificate of fulfillment of food safety requirements issued by a competent authority of the exporting country, except for fish caught and processed by foreign vessels and sold to Vietnam’s market |
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Process steps
An example of the procedure for normal inspection of food safety for imported and exported foods is shown below:
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Step 1 |
Before the shipment arrives at the border checkpoint, the goods owner shall submit the Application for Food safety inspection to the inspecting authority or the National Single Window (if applied);. |
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Step 2 |
Within 03 (three) working days from the receipt of the application, the inspecting authority shall process the inspection and issue a notice of whether the inspection result is satisfactory. If additional documents are required, the explanation and legal basis must be provided. |
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Step 3 |
The goods owner shall submit the notice of satisfactory inspection result to the customs authority to be granted customs clearance. |
Process map
Note
If the inspection result is not satisfactory, the inspecting authority shall take appropriate measures in accordance with Clause 3 Article 55 of the Law of Food safety and submit a report on disposal of unconformable foods to the line ministries of state management.
