More post checks in food safety managementVietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Thanh Phong, director general of the Department of Food Safety under the Ministry of Health, talks to Vietnam News Agency about positive changes in food safety management. An MoH inspection team checks food safety and hygiene at Phuc An Food Company in the Mekong Delta province of Tay Ninh. — VNA/VNS Photo Le Duc HoanhDecree No.15/2018/NĐ-CP on food safety management came into force more than a month ago. According to the Central Institution for Economic Management (CIEM), more than 95 percent of food products will no longer need safety food stamps from functional agencies. Worthy of note is that Article 13 has further expanded cases that will enjoy checks exemption for food imported from abroad, unless cases are suspected of violating the Vietnamese Food Safety Law.

Source: VietNamNet News April 19, 2018 07:41 UTC