Vietnamese companies strive to ensure the quality and safety of water products sold to China

(People's Daily) Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Chun-fu has asked authorities to pay close attention to the export of aquatic products to China against the backdrop of increased regulation of frozen aquatic products entering the country to prevent the spread of the new crown pneumonia epidemic.
In order to implement the spirit of the Prime Minister's directive, the Agriculture, Forcerine and Water Product Quality Administration of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Viet Nam has taken the necessary measures to ensure product quality and safety and reduce the risk of entering the Chinese market.
In the early stages of the outbreak of new crown pneumonia, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Bureau of Agricultural, For forest and water product quality have issued circulars requiring relevant departments, organizations and enterprises to strictly abide by the provisions of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) on the prevention and control of outbreaks in food processing plants.
also sent a message to the General Administration of Customs of China informing Vietnamese aquaculture exporters and Vietnam of the progress made in the fight against the epidemic.
Currently, the Bureau of Agriculture, Forein and Water Product Quality is discussing with the Chinese side the contents of adding Covid-19 information to the accompanying certificate form for aquatic products exported to China and recommending that the Chinese side reduce the sampling of products holding the certificate.
In order to ensure the safety of export product quality and smooth customs clearance, the Administration of Agriculture, Forein and Water Products Quality requires enterprises to earnestly implement the government and the Ministry of Health's epidemic prevention measures, while maintaining complete epidemic prevention records and vouchers, which can be provided at any time when the Chinese side requests online inspection.
addition, companies need to re-verify product quality management plans and take appropriate measures to ensure food safety and meet the requirements for access to the Chinese market.
according to the Vietnam Aquatic Products Processing and Export Association (VASEP), as China increases controls on imported products, the customs clearance time of goods is longer than before, resulting in higher storage and storage costs for frozen products.
Agriculture, Forestry and Water Products Quality Administration said it will work closely with the Commercial Counselor of the Vietnamese Embassy in China and the VASEP Association to keep abstring on the situation and deal with the problem of cargo detention at the port in a timely manner.
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