This draft amends some articles of Decree No 15/2018/NĐ-CP dated 2 February 2018 of the Government detailing the implementation of a number of articles of the Food Safety Law:
I. Administrative procedure reform
1. Eliminating the regulation on translating and notarizing English legal documents after consular legalization and acceptance of electronic copies of legal documents;
2. Allowing the use of the Testing Result for health supplement of production facilities that meet Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) without having to send samples for testing at designated testing laboratories or recognized testing laboratories;
3. Stipulating the number of times enterprises can submit additional request documents (maximum three times) and the time limit for enterprises to submit additional request documents (30 days) for the sequence of food groups that must register product declarations according to the recommendation of the Government Inspectorate;
4. Adding regulation on importing food donated by organizations and individuals for charity purposes, not for business purposes, in the direction of simplifying the process and procedures compared to the case of food business;
5. Supplementing regulations assigning ministries to develop unified management software from central to local levels to handle administrative procedures and manage food safety according to assigned management areas;
6. Adding regulation on product declaration registration for mixed food additives with new uses, food additives not on the list of additives permitted for use in food or not for the right users as prescribed by the Ministry of Health;
7. Reducing and simplifying some administrative procedures;
II. Strengthening decentralization and delegation of authority Decentralizing granting Certificates of Free Sale for food products, except health supplement; Health Certificate and other relevant certificates for exported foods to local authorities.
III. Strengthening post-inspection
IV. Implement the recommendations of Ministries, including the Government Inspectorate
1. Adding and clarify the concept of functional foods introduced to the market for the first time;
2. Amending and adding the concept of scientific evidence proving the product's uses.
V. Some other contents
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