G/TBT/N/VNM/49  
 
25 August 2014  
(14-4876)  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:   
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 : 
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 
E-mail:  vfa@vfa.gov.vn  
Website:  http://www.vfa.gov.vn  
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): Processing aids 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  
National technical regulations on Processing aids: - Enzyme immobilization agent & support (11 pages, in Vietnamese); Microorganism 
control agent (23 pages, in Vietnamese);  
- Lubricants, release and anti-stick agent, moulding aids (22 pages, in Vietnamese);  
- Catalysts (13 pages, in Vietnamese);  - Packaging gases (22 pages, in Vietnamese);  
- Boiler water additives (26 pages, in Vietnamese);  
- Solvents, extractions and process (26 pages, in Vietnamese);  - Clarifying agents/Filtration aids (17 pages, in Vietnamese);  
- Ion exchange resins, membranes and molecular sieves (13 pages, in Vietnamese); 
- Washing and peeling agents (33 pages, in Vietnamese). G/TBT/N/VNM/49 
 
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  6. Description of content:  
Draft national technical regulations on requirements, testing method, management of 
Processing aids, including regulation for the followings aids:  
1. Enzyme immobilization agent & support;  
2. Microorganism control agent;  3. Lubricants, release and anti-stick agent, moulding aids;  
4. Catalysts;  
5. Packaging gases;  6. Boiler water additives;  
7. Solvents, extractions and process;  
8. Clarifying agents/Filtration aids;  9. Ion exchange resins, membranes and molecular sieves;  10. Washing and peeling agents.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: 
Food safety  
8. Relevant documents:  FAO online database (JECFA): http://www.fao.org/food/food-
safety-quality/scientific-advice/jecfa/jecfa-additives/en/   
9. Proposed date of adoption:   November 2014 
Proposed date of entry into force:   45 days from date of publication 
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 
E-mail:  vfa@vfa.gov.vn  
Website:  http://www.vfa.gov.vn  
Or download at: 
http://tbtvn.org/Ti%20liu%20upload%20cho%20QCKT/QCKT/QCKT%20cb.rar