The disclosure procedure is a necessary procedure for food products imported into Vietnam. Food disclosure procedures will help check whether the quality of food products meets the request, standards, food testing indications, et cetera regulated by Vietnam before importing.
Procedures for disclosure of imported food products are procedures in which businesses declare to agencies and consumers that the quality of food imported by the businesses meets Vietnamese standards.
Each type of imported food will have many standards on food testing criteria. And among those standards, there will be standards that are not accepted when carrying out import procedures. Therefore, businesses carefully figure out this when processing the food disclosure procedure to avoid wasting money and time to redo the disclosure.
Currently, there are many foods originating from abroad on the market. Therefore, to manage food products originating from abroad about the origin, the food safety and hygiene regulations, etc., it is necessary to declare imported food products, which ensures that food products originating from abroad are allowed to be imported according to Vietnamese standards.
According to Decree 15/2018/ND-CP dated February 2, 2018, detailing the implementation of food safety laws, imported food product disclosures are divided into two types:
Health Supplements, Dietary Supplements, Food for Special Medical Purposes, Medical Food, Food for Special Dietary Uses
Documents to proceed with procedures for disclosure of imported food products include:
Submit the registered documents for Product disclosure/Product self-declaration on the online public service system or by post or submit directly to the application receiving state agencies according to regulations.
The receiving state agencies are responsible for evaluating the registered documents, issuing a receiving document paper, and registering Product disclosure/Product self-declaration as below:
Within 07 days of receiving the registered documents of Product disclosure/Product self-declaration for Mixed food additives having new uses, Food additives that are not on the list of additives allowed for use in food or are used for the wrong users as prescribed by the Ministry of Health, Food for Special Medical Purposes, Medical Food, Food for Special Dietary Uses, Nutritional products for children up to 36th months of age.
Within 21 days of receiving the registered documents of Product disclosure/Product self-declaration for Health Supplements, Dietary Supplements.
The document appraisal time is calculated from the registered documents submitted on the online public service system or according to the counting mark of the receiving state agencies.
The agencies receiving registered documents of Product disclosure/Product self-declaration are responsible for publicly announcing the name and product on their website and food safety database.
Pay the fee for Product disclosure/Product self-declaration.
Submit to the Ministry of Health: Mixed food additives having new uses, Food additives that are not on the list of additives allowed for use in food or are used for the wrong users as prescribed by the Ministry of Health.
Submit to the competent state management agencies designated by the People’s Committees of Provinces: Food for Special Medical Purposes, Medical Food, Food for Special Dietary Uses, and Nutritional products for children up to 36th months of age.
You need to note the following information:
If you have a change of product name, origin, or composition, you need to proceed with procedures for re-declaring the imported food products. In case you have other changes, you must notify in writing the content of the change to the competent state management agencies. You will be allowed to produce and trade food products as soon as sending the notification.
Disclosure documents must be in Vietnamese. If the documents are in a foreign language, you must translate them into Vietnamese and notarized.
Customs clearance services of SEA DRAGON INTERNATIONAL LOGISTICS COMPANY will support company customers with the procedures for disclosure of imported food products, which will help you import your orders quickly, accurately, and cost-effectively. Find out more HERE.
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Source: Sea Dragon International Logistics Company
