. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/VNM/23 
16 December 2010  
 (10-6757) 
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:  Viet Nam Food Administration, Ministry of Health 
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):  All kind of food 
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:  National Technical Regulation on Safety Limits of 
Microbiological Contaminants in Food  Language:  Vietnamese  Number of pages:  9   
6. Description of content:  Maximum and minimum microbial contamination in food, 
labelling and testing measure for microbial cont amination in food products in Viet Nam. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [X] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[X] 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:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text)   
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)    
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)    
[X] None 
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
 [ ] Yes   [ ] No 
 If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:    G/SPS/N/VNM/23 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s ) in which these are available:   
- Commission Regulation (EU) No 1441/2007 of 5 December 2007:  amending Regulation 
(EC) No 2073/2005 on microbiological criteria for foodstuffs 
- Australia - New Zealand Standard 1.6.1:  Microbiological limits for food 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  6 March 2011 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  6 March 2011 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  6 June 2011 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  6 March 2011 
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 Food Administration, Ministry of Health 
138A Giang Vo, Ba Dinh District, Hanoi, Viet Nam 
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
 
Viet Nam SPS Notification Authority and Enquiry Point 
2 Ngoc Ha Street, Hanoi, Viet Nam 
Tel:  +(84 4)37344764 Fax:  +(84 4) 37344764 E-mail:  spsvietnam@mard.gov.vn Website:  http://www.spsvietnam.gov.vn
 
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 SPS Notification Authority and Enquiry Point  
2 Ngoc Ha Street, Hanoi, Viet Nam Tel:  +(84 4)37344764 Fax:  +(84 4) 37344764 E-mail:  spsvietnam@mard.gov.vn 
Website:  http://www.spsvietnam.gov.vn
 
Link to download: 
"http://www.spsvietnam.gov.vn/EnglishSPS/List s/Documents,notification/Attachments/26/
QCVN2010-BYT_Vie.pdf "