Vietnam Sanitary and Phytosanitary Notification Authority and Enquiry Point

The proposed measure notified in G/SPS/N/CAN/1576/Add.1 (dated 3 July 2025) was adopted and published on 17 December, 2025, as the Exemption Order in Respect of Foods for a Special Dietary Purpose (the Order).

This Order contains two parts:

• Part 1 enables the exceptional importation and/or sale of infant formula (IF), human milk fortifiers

  (HMF) and formulated liquid diets (FLD) in the case of a shortage or risk of shortage, by exempting foods that meet the class criteria from specified provisions of the Food and Drugs Act (FDA) and Food and Drug Regulations (FDR); and

• Part 2 permits the continued exceptional importation and sale of IFs and HMFs that are part of Health Canada's Transition Strategy (https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/food- nutrition/public-involvement-partnerships/notice-stakeholders-transition-strategy-prepare- expiration-interim-policy-mitigate-infant-formula-shortages.html) while the pre-market review for these foods is underway, by exempting them from specified provisions of the FDA and FDR.

  To ensure that the Order's exemptions do not introduce unacceptable health and safety risks, specific conditions relating to the food's label, notifications to the Minister of Health and restrictions on the sale of HMFs are imposed.

  The Order came into force on 17 December 2025, the day on which it was published in Canada Gazette, Part II.

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