THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT | | THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM
Independence - Freedom - Happiness |
No. 39/2018/TT-BNNPTNT | | Hanoi, December 27, 2018 |
CIRCULAR
Guiding quality and food safety inspection of imported salt under the management of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development[1]
Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No. 15/2017/ND-CP of February 17, 2017, defining the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development;
Pursuant to the 2007 Law on Product and Goods Quality;
Pursuant to the 2010 Law on Food Safety;
Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No. 132/2008/ND-CP of December 31, 2008, detailing a number of articles of the Law on Product and Goods Quality; Decree No. 74/2018/ND-CP of May 15, 2018, amending and supplementing a number of articles of Decree No. 132/2008/ND-CP; Decree No. 154/2018/ND-CP of November 9, 2018, amending, supplementing and annulling a number of regulations on investment and business conditions under the state management of the Ministry of Science and Technology and a number of regulations on specialized inspection;
Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No. 15/2018/ND-CP of February 2, 2018, detailing a number of articles of the Law on Food Safety; the Government’s Decree No. 155/2018/ND-CP of November 12, 2018, amending and supplementing a number of regulations relating to investment and business conditions under the state management of the Ministry of Health;
Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No. 09/2016/ND-CP of January 28, 2016, on food fortification with micronutrients;
Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No. 40/2017/ND-CP of April 5, 2017, on management of salt production and trading;
At the proposal of the Director of the Department of Cooperatives and Rural Development,
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development promulgates the Circular guiding the quality and food safety inspection of imported salt under the management of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
Article 1. Scope of regulation and subjects of application
1. This Circular prescribes the contents of and procedures for quality and food safety inspection of imported salt under the state management of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
2. This Circular applies to domestic and foreign organizations and individuals that import salt (below collectively referred to as importers); and organizations and individuals involved in quality and food safety inspection of imported salt.
Article 2. Subjects of inspection
1. Quality inspection of imported industrial salt.
2. Safety inspection of imported food-grade salt and refined salt.
3. Cases exempted from quality inspection and state inspection of food safety for imported salt include:
a/ Cases exempted from quality inspection under Point 7, Clause 3, Article 1 of the Government’s Decree No. 74/2018/ND-CP of May 15, 2018, amending and supplementing a number of articles of Decree No. 132/2008/ND-CP of December 31, 2008, detailing a number of articles of the Law on Product and Goods Quality (Decree No. 74/2018/ND-CP) and Clause 2, Article 4 of Decree No. 154/2018/ND-CP of November 9, 2018, amending, supplementing and annulling a number of regulations on investment and business conditions under the state management of the Ministry of Science and Technology, and a number of regulations on specialized inspection (Decree No. 154/2018/ND-CP).
b/ Cases exempted from state inspection of food safety for imported goods under Article 13 of the Government’s Decree No. 15/2018/ND-CP of February 2, 2018, detailing a number of articles of the Law on Food Safety (Decree No. 15/2018/ND-CP).
Article 3. Interpretation of terms
In this Decree, the terms below are construed as follows:
[1] Công Báo Nos 157-158 (07/02/2019)
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