Vietnam Sanitary and Phytosanitary Notification Authority and Enquiry Point

Draft Circular amended and supplemented clause 1, section II, Appendix XII of Circular No. 25/2016/TT-BNNPTNT dated June 30, 2016 by the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development regulating the quarantine of terrestrial animals and terrestrial animal products (Sampling and Testing).

The indicators of Salmonella, E.coli, sampling is performed: Sampling 03 consecutive consignments of goods (from the same owner and the same country, territory) for inspection and testing. If the inspection and testing results of 03 consecutive consignments of goods meet the requirements, only 01 random consignment of goods shall be sampled for inspection and testing for every 03 subsequent consignment of goods. In case anunsatisfactory consignment is detected, sampling of the next 03 consecutive consignments of goods shall be applied for inspection and testing (Inspection indicators: Salmonella, E.coli, detail product type in point c Clause 1, section II, Appendix XII).