G/TBT/N/VNM/129/Add.1  
 
20 September 2021  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
 
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication , dated  17 September 2021 , is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Viet Nam . 
 
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Title: Amending and supplementing Circular 24/2019/TT -BYT dated August 30, 2019 of the Minister 
of Health on the management and use of food additives  
 
Reason for Addendum:  
[  ] Comment period changed - date:   
[  ] Notified measure adopted - date:  
[  ] Notified measure published - date:  
[  ] Notified measure enters into force - date:  
[  ] Text of final measure available from1:  
[  ] Notified measure withdrawn or revoked - date:  
Relevant symbol if measure re -notified:   
[X] Content or scope of notified measure changed  and text available from1:  
New deadline for comments (if applicable):   
[  ] Interpretive guidance issued and text available from1:  
[  ] Other:  
 
Description:  Circular 24/2019/TT -BYT dated August 30, 2019 of the Minister of Health on the 
management and use of food additives  
Ministry of Health  
Viet Nam Food Administration  
135, Nui Truc Street, Ba Đinh District, Ha Noi  
Tel (84 -24) 38463739  
Fax: (84 -24) 38463739  
Email: vfa@vfa.gov.vn  
Summary:  
In the draft Circular amending, supplementing and repealing a numbe r of legal documents on food 
safety promulgated by the Minister of Health (the draft Circular), the following number of articles of 
Circular No. 24/2019/TT -BYT dated August 30, 2019 of the Minister of Health on the management 
and use of food additives are amended and supplemented, specifically as follows:  
 
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  a. To amend Clause 8, Article 3 as follows:  
"8. Mixed food additives with new uses are food additives that contain two (02) or more additives 
and have different uses than those prescribed for those additiv es." 
b. To amend Clause 4, Article 5 as follows:  
"4. Flavourings for use in food include those that have been evaluated by JECFA and determined to 
be safe at expected or acceptable daily intakes (ADI); those on the list of flavouring agents assessed 
for sa fety (GRAS) issued by the Flavours and Extracts Manufacturers Association of America (FEMA) 
and the list of flavourings for use in food of the European Union;"  
c. To supplement Clause 5, Article 5 as follows:  
"5. The regulations on food additives in Append ix 1, Appendix 2A, Appendix 3 and Appendix 4 are 
automatically updated according to the latest standards on food additives of the International 
Committee of Food Standards (CODEX) posted on the website http://www.fao.org/fao -who-
codexalimentarius/codex -texts/list -standards/en/ ." 
d. To supplement the maximum use of food additives in food which have not been specified in 
Appendix 2B issued together with Circular No.24/ 2019/TT -BYT dated August 30, 2019 of the Minister 
of Health on the management and use of food additives as prescribed in Appendix 1 of the (draft) 
Circular;  
The text of the draft Circular is available on Government website in Vietnamese:   
https://vfa.gov.vn/du -thao-gop-y/thong -tu-sua-doi-bo-sung-va-bai-bo-mot-so-van-ban-quy-
pham -phap-luat-ve-an-toan-thuc-pham -do-bo-truong -bo-y-te-ban-hanh.html  
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