Vietnam Sanitary and Phytosanitary Notification Authority and Enquiry Point

The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is proposing to amend the Siluriformes fish inspection regulations to list Viet Nam as a country eligible to export  Siluriformes  fish  and  fish  products  to  the  United  States.  FSIS  is  proposing  this action  because  the  Agency  has  reviewed  Viet  Nam's  laws,  regulations,  and  inspection system as implemented and has determined that Viet Nam's Siluriformes fish inspection system  is  equivalent  to  the  system  that  the  United  States  has  established  under  the Federal Meat Inspection Act (FMIA) and its implementing regulations. Under this proposal, only  raw  Siluriformes  fish  and  fish  products  produced  in  certified  Vietnamese establishments would be eligible for export to the United States. All such products would continue to be subject to re-inspection at US points-of-entry by FSIS inspectors.