On December 7, 2022, the leadership team of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development’s Connecting Agricultural Products Information Forum (Forum Connecting Agricultural Products 970) chaired the organization of an online forum on agricultural products, traceability of agricultural products and food for promotion of export; In response to orders 248, 249, look back a year.

BUILDING DATA OF THE SWALLOW FARMING INDUSTRY

In 2022, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the General Administration of Customs of China signed 5 protocols mandating quarantine and allowing Vietnam to officially export agricultural products to China. These are durian, banana, passion fruit, sweet potato and bird’s nest.

Regarding the protocol on swift nests, Ms. Tran Thi Thu Phuong, representative of the Ministry of Animal Health, said that this protocol contains 16 articles on regulations for swift breeders, bird nest processing companies and companies for export, packaging requirements, labeling, quarantine requirements, Inspection, disease surveillance and food safety.

The Protocol comes into effect on November 9, 2022 and is valid for 5 years (and automatically renews every additional 5 years in the absence of breach and termination by either party).

According to Ms. Phuong, in the coming period, provincial and city people’s committees must plan the area for breeding sailboats while ensuring compliance with the provisions of the Law on Keeping in accordance with the conduct of sailors. Simultaneously checking and issuing codes for existing local bird nest houses to ensure compliance with applicable regulations. Then compile a list of facilities that meet the requirements and submit it to the Department of Animal Health for assistance and guidance in arranging production for export.

For companies that trade and process bird’s nests, Ms. Phuong recommends proactively reviewing and investing in improving the conditions of the chain of production and processing plants to ensure they meet export requirements. On the other hand, building an information management system, product traceability, ensuring traceability from bird’s nest houses to exported products.

Mr Nguyen Van Trong, vice chairman of the Vietnam Association of Farms and Agricultural Enterprises (former deputy director of the Department of Animal Husbandry), said managing swiftlets is completely different from livestock and poultry. In the statutory provisions, there is no prohibited area for the breeding of swifts, but only areas in which breeding of swifts is permitted after approval by the state people’s council.

According to Mr. Trong, companies that farm, process and export bird nests must actively update their chain management software to facilitate traceability of their companies’ agricultural, preliminary processing and processing operations.

As an agricultural products company participating in the process chain from bird’s nest purchasing, processing and trading, Ms. Luu Thi Yen Thanh, general manager of Thinh Vuong Agricultural Group Joint Stock Company, said it is necessary to choose a standard code management service chart.

“Currently we understand that the state administers according to two codes, one according to the administrative identifier of the state system, the other under the specialized administration. What code will China Customs use to coordinate and cooperate with the administration with their side?” Ms. Thanh asked.

There are currently two agencies that carry out inspections and assessments of Swiftlet homes, namely the Provincial Department of Animal Health and the Department of Animal Health of the Ministry. In this case, the provincial veterinary sub-department inspects domestic product manufacturing companies and the ministry’s animal health department inspects swiftlet farms for export.

COMPANIES NEED TO UPDATE NEW REGULATIONS

Ngo Xuan Nam, deputy director of the SPS Office in Vietnam, said that in April 2021, the General Administration of Customs of China issued Regulation 248 on “Regulations on Management of Registration of Enterprises Manufacturing Imported Foreign Foodstuffs” and Regulation 249 on “Measures for the administration “Import and Export Food Safety”.

Accordingly, foreign companies, including Vietnam, wishing to export to the Chinese market must comply with new regulations. These two orders come into effect on January 1, 2022.

After nearly a year of Regulation 248’s enactment, as of December 5, 2022, 2,426 product codes were licensed for import into China. Of these, 1,236 product codes belong to the group of 18 items that are registered by the competent authority (representing 50.9%) and the remaining 1,190 product codes are not on the list that must be registered by the competent authority.

Of these two groups, seafood products are the most commonly approved by Chinese customs, followed by nut products (cashews, coffee, etc.) and vegetable oil products, flour cakes, etc. .

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