G/TBT/N/VNM/78  
 
10 November 2015  
(15-5950)  Page: 1/2  
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION 
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6 
 
1. Notifying Member: VIET NAM 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible: 
Vietnam Food 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 
Email: vfa@vfa.gov.vn   
Website: http://www.vfa.gov.vn   
Name and address (including telephon e and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above : 
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10 .1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], other: 
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applic able, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Milk and processed milk 
products (ICS 67.100.10) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Draft National 
Technical Regulation Amending and Supplementing a Number of Articles of 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 the Ministry of Health (16 pages, in Vietnamese)  
6. Description of content: This draft regulation amends and supplements a number of 
articles of QCVN 5-1: 2010/BYT National Technical Regulation for liquid milk products 
which specifies food safety criteria and requirements for management of liquid milk 
products including pure fresh milk, fresh milk, reconstituted milk, recombined milk, composite milk, condensed milk, condensed milk supplemented with vegetable fat.  
This draft regulation amended terms and de finitions of pure fresh milk, fresh milk, 
reconstituted milk, recombined milk, composit e milk. It replaced a number of appendixes 
and also amended and supplemented articles regulating labelling and conformity 
declaration to technical regulation for liquid milk products. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: To protect public health G/TBT/N/VNM/78 
 
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  8. Relevant documents:  
 Vietnam Food Safety Law 
 National Technical Regulation QCVN 5-1:2010/BYT  
 CODEX STAN 206-1999: General Standard for Use of Dairy Terms 
http://www.codexalimentarius.org/dow nload/standards/ 332/CXS_206e.pdf   
 Commission Regulation EC 2073/2005 of 15 November 2005 (the consolidated 
version last amended in 2014) 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 1 June 2016 
Proposed date of entry into force: 1 June 2016   
10. Final date for comments: 60 days from the date of notification 
11. Texts available from: Nati onal enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Vietnam Food 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 
Email: vfa@vfa.gov.vn   
Website: http://www.vfa.gov.vn   
Or can be downloaded from: 
http://vfa.gov.vn/du-thao-gop-y/ban-hanh-quy-chuan-ky-thuat-quoc-gia-sua-doi-bo-sung-
mot-so-quy-dinh-cua-quy-chua n-ky-thuat-quoc-gia-qcvn-5-12 010byt-doi-voi-cac-san-pham-
sua-dang-long-ban-hanh-kem-theo-thong-tu -so-302010tt-byt-ngay-02-thang-6-nam-2010-
cua-bo-truong-bo-y-te-61.vfa