To:

- Enterprises producing and trading frozen fish; Regional Centers for quality, safety of aquatic veterinary hygiene

The Circular No. 272/CLTY-CL dated January 31, 2008 guiding the implementation of the Decision No. 01/2008/QD-BNN, and at the request of a number of enterprises producing and trading fish for further clarification of some guidelines, the Department for Quality Management of Agricultural, Forestry and Fishery Products hereby replies as follows:

1. Some contents of the Circular No. 272/CLTY-CL dated January 31, 2008 are amended as follows:

1.1. Table 1 in Point 3.1.1 is annulled and replaced with the Table 1 below:

Table 1

No.

Contents

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1

 Name of product (commercial and scientific name of fish)

- With clearness, legibility, no blurring and erasure.

-  Commercial and scientific name (Latin) of pangasius fish (also called basa fish); according to the regulations of import markets (consult the applicable regulations of some fish-importing countries/countries that import fish in the Appendix 4 of the Dispatch No. 272/QLCL-CL dated January 31,2008. When pangasius fish is exported to the markets that do not require the name of pangasius fish to be written, Vietnam’s regulations shall apply.

2

Net Weight

3

Manufacturing date or expiry date

4

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5

Name of producing country

1.2. Clause 3, Table 3 in Point 3.4.2 are annulled and replaced with Table 2 below:

Table 2

No.

Violation

Disciplinary actions/Penalties

Legal Foundation

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3.1

Glazing percentage is less than 1% beyond the prescribed limit but net weight is sufficient.

warming

Article 2 of the Decision No. 01/2008/QD-BNN

3.2

Glazing percentage is more than 1% beyond the prescribed limit or net weight is not sufficient.

Required recycling of the batch

 Penalty/fine

 Announcement

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Article 19 of the Decree No. 126/2005

2. The other problems related to the implementation of the Decision No 01/2008/QD-BNN dated January 04, 2008:

Regarding the proposal that FDA codes should be added on goods labels:

In addition to the required information as specified in Section 1.1 of this Dispatch, the enterprises may add other information (For example: FDA codes issued) under the provisions of the import market, or at the request of the clients, provided such additional information does not affect the nature of the product inside.

Regarding the proposal that labeling of small packages should not be obligatory:

According to the regulations in Clause 3, Article 5 of the Decree No 89/2006/ND-CP dated August 30, 2006: in case the importer of goods from Vietnam requests that goods be labeled in accordance with the sale contract and take responsibility for such request, the enterprise can comply with this contract as long as such request does not affect the nature of the goods, does not violate the laws of Vietnam and the laws of the importing country.

DIRECTOR




Luong Le Phuong

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Công văn 424/QLCL-CL1 bổ sung hướng dẫn Quyết định 01/2008/QĐ-BNN do Cục Quản lý chất lượng nông lâm sản và thủy sản ban hành