WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/VNM/17 
13 January 2010 
 (10-0125) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  VIET NAM
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  National Agro-Forestry-Fisheries Quality Assurance Department 
(NAFIQAD), MARD 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Food products of animal origin:  Meat, edible offal of cattle, swine and 
poultry (HS Codes:  0201, 0202, 0203, 0204, 0206, 0207, 02090000), eggs and eggs 
product (HS Codes:  0407, 0408);  fisheries (HS Codes:  0302, 03026910, 0303, 03037910, 0304, 0306, 0307, 16030090, 1604, 16042099, 1605) 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:    
5. Title of the notified document:  (Draft) Ministerial Circular stipulating the list of food 
safety criteria and maximum residue limits in food products of animal origin imported, 
domestically produced and circulated  Language:  Vietnamese  Number of pages:  20   
6. Description of content:  Laying down the list of food safety criteria and maximum residue 
limits in food products of animal origin and principles for determining criteria to be 
inspected. 
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 stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text)  
 - CODEX STAN 193-1995:  Codex genera l standard for contaminants and 
 toxins in food and feed 
 - Joint FAO/WTO Food Standards Programme CODEX Committee on residues 
 of Veterinary Drugs in Foods ((RVDF/18 INF/ 1 March 2009) 
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)    G/SPS/N/VNM/17 
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  [ ] 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 standard:    
9. Other relevant documents and language(s ) in which these are available:   
- Decree No. 163/2004/ND-CP of Vietnamese Government of 7 September 2004 
detailing the implementation of certain provisions of the Ordinance on food 
hygiene and safety; 
- CODEX (CX/PR 09/41/3 March 2009),  EU (EC No 396/2005); - EC 2073/2005; EC 1441/2007; FRANCE (DGAL/SDHA/ N2001-8090), 27-6-2001 
Italia, Gazzetta Ufficiale N.260 – 1995); 
- EU (1881-2006 EC);  and - Access online at website:  http://www.codexalimentarius.net/web/index_en.jsp
   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  15 March 2010 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  15 March 2010 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  1 May 2010 (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) :  14 March 2010 
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:   
Viet Nam Sanitary and  Phytosanitary Notification Authorities and Enquiry Point 
Add: No 2 Ngoc Ha Str, Ba Dinh, Hanoi, Viet Nam Tel:  +(84 4) 3734 4764 
Fax:  +(84 4) 3734 4764  
E-mail:  spsvietnam@mard.gov.vn Website:  http://www.spsvietnam.gov.vn
 
 National Agro-Forestry-Fisheries Quality Assurance Department 
Add:  10, Nguyen Cong Hoan, Ba Dinh, Hanoi, Viet Nam 
Tel:  +(84.4) 4459 1898 Fax:  +(84.4) 3831 7221 E-mail:  thuannafi@yahoo.com;  thanhtung.nafi@mard.gov.vn 
Website:  http://www.nafiqad.gov.vn
  G/SPS/N/VNM/17 
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  13. Texts available from:  [X] National Notification Authority, [  ] National Enquiry 
Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:    
Viet Nam Sanitary and  Phytosanitary Notification Authorities and Enquiry Point 
Add: No 2 Ngoc Ha Str, Ba Dinh, Hanoi, Viet Nam Tel:  +(84 4) 3734 4764 
Fax:  +(84 4) 3734 4764  
E-mail:  spsvietnam@mard.gov.vn Website:  http://www.spsvietnam.gov.vn/EnglishSPS/Lists/Documents,notification/Attachments/19/D
raft%20Ministerial%20Circular%20.pdf