G/SPS/N/VNM/103  
 
27 September 2018  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member: VIET NAM  
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible: Vietnam Food Administration, Ministry of Health  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable): Fresh milk product  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or pr acticable : 
[X] All trading partners  
[ ] Specific regions or countries:  
5. Title of the notified document: Draft Circular regulates fresh milk product for the 
School Milk P rogram which contributes to the improvement of the stature of preschool 
and elementary school children by 2020 . Language(s): Vietnamese.  Number of 
pages:  4 
http://www.spsvietnam.gov.vn/Data/File/Notice/2881/Circular %20on%20school%20mil
k-DT4.pdf  
6. Description of content:  
 Definition of fresh milk product for School Milk Program  
 Supplement of vitamins and minerals  
 Management requirements  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.  
8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial num ber of Codex 
standard or related text) : Codex stan 206 -1999 General Standard for Use of 
Dairy Terms  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[X] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international stand ard:  G/SPS/N/VNM/103  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
QCVN 5 -1: 2010/BYT National technical regulation for liquid milk products issued by 
Circular No. 30/2010 /TT -BYT dated 2 June 2010 by Vietnam Ministry of Health  (available 
in Vietnamese)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 10 December 2018  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 10 December 2018  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : At least 45 days from date of publication.  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 26 November 2018  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X]  National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address 
(if available) of other body:  
Vietnam Fo od Administration, Ministry of  Health  
138A Giang Vo, Ba Dinh District, Hanoi, Vietnam  
Tel: +(84 4) 3846 4489 / +(84 4) 3846 3702 
Fax: +(84 4) 3846 3739  
E-mail: phongtckn@gmail.com  
Website:  http://www.vfa.gov.vn  
Vietnam SPS Notification Authority and Enquiry Point  
10 Nguyen Cong Hoan  Street, Hanoi, Vietnam  
Tel: +(84 4) 3734 4764  
Fax: +(84 4) 3734 4764  
E-mail: spsvietnam@mard.gov.vn  
Website: http://www.spsvietnam.gov.vn  
13. Text(s) available from: [X]  National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body: