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Agency responsible:

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

Email: phongtckn@gmail.com

Website: http://www.vfa.gov.vn

Name and address (including telephone 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:

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Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], 3.2 [ ], 7.2 [ ], other:

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Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Foodstuffs

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Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Draft National technical regulation on the limits of mycotoxin contamination of food; (18 page(s), in Vietnamese)

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Description of content: This draft National technical regulation stipulates technical requirements (Maximum permitted limits on the limits of mycotoxin contamination of food), testing methods, sampling; management requirements; and responsibilities of organizations and individuals producing and trading food.

This draft national technical regulation applies to a) Organizations and individuals that import, produce and trade food with the risk of mycotoxin contamination; b) Relevant organizations and individuals.

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Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: Protection of human health or safety

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Relevant documents:

1. Relevant documents

- Law on Standards and Technical regulations of June 29, 2006;

- Decree No. 127/2007/ND-CP dated August 1, 2007 of the Government detailing the implementation of a certain articles of the Law on Standards and Technical regulations:

- Law on Food Safety No. 55/2010/QH12 dated June 17, 2010.

- Decree No. 15/2018/ND-CP dated February 2, 2018 of the Government detailing the implementation of a number of articles of the Law on Food Safety.

2. Reference documents for the review and amendment of National technical regulations

- Codex standard (CODEX STAN 193-1995) on contaminants and toxins in food and feed (Codex general standard for contaminants and toxins in food and feed) updated in 2023.

Commission Regulation (EU) 2023/915 of 25 April 2023 on maximum levels for certain contaminants in food and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006 updated on 22, July 2024.

- Test method documents for the corresponding indicators include:

+ National standards;

+ ISO;

+ European Standard (EN).

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Proposed date of adoption: October 2025

Proposed date of entry into force: 6 months from adoption

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Final date for comments: 60 days from notification

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Texts available from: National 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.

Add:138A Giang Vo, Ba Dinh District, Hanoi, Vietnam.

Tel: +(84 4) 3846 4489/ +(84 4) 3846 3702.

Fax: +(84 4) 3846 3739.

Email: phongtckn@gmail.com

Link to download:

1) Website of Vietnam Food Administration

Web: https://vfa.gov.vn/du-thao-gop-y.html

2) Website of Ministry of Health

https://adminmoh.moh.gov.vn/gop-y-du-thao-van-ban

https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2025/TBT/VNM/25_00096_00_x.pdf