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Please Sign in your LuatVietnam account and sign up for the lookup software .| Issuing bodies: | Ministry of Health | Effective date: | |
| Official number: | 23/2018/TT-BYT | Signer: | Nguyen Thanh Long |
| Legislation Type: | Circular | Expired date: | Updating |
| Issuing date: | 14/09/2018 | Effect: | |
| Fields: | Food and drug , Medical - Health |
The disposal of unsafe foods that are recalled
This content is prescribed at the Circular No. 23/2018/TT-BYT of the Ministry of Health on prescribing the recall and disposal of unsafe foods under the management of the Ministry of Health.
Specifically, after being recalled, these unsafe foods shall be disposed of in one of the following forms:
- Correction of labeling errors: This form is applied to products having labeling errors compared to their self-declaration dossiers or dossiers of product declaration registration;
- Change of use purposes: This form is applied to products of inferior quality that are likely to cause harm to consumer health and cannot be used for food but may be used for other purposes;
- Re-export: This form is applied to imported products of quality and safety limits lower than those stated in their self-declaration dossiers or dossiers of product declaration registration or likely to cause harm to consumer health;
- Destruction: This form is applied to products of quality criteria or safety limits not in conformity with their self-declaration dossiers or dossiers of product declaration registration which may cause harm to consumer health for which the form of change of use purpose and re-export cannot be applied.
This Circular is issued on September 14, 2018 and takes effect on November 01, 2018.
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