Chapter II
RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS IN ASSURING FOOD SAFETY
Article 7. Rights and obligations of food producers
1. Food producers have the following rights:
a/ To decide on and announce standards of products they produce and supply; to decide on application of internal control measures to assure food safety;
b/ To request food traders to cooperate in recalling and disposing of unsafe food;
c/ To select conformity assessment organizations and testing establishments already designated to certify regulation conformity;
d/ To use standard conformity stamps and regulation conformity stamps and other marks for their products under law;
e/ To lodge complaints and denunciations and file lawsuits under law;
f/ To get compensations for damage under law.
2. Food producers have the following obligations:
a/ To comply with conditions for food safety assurance, assure food safety in the process of production, and take responsibility for the safety of food they produce;
b/ To comply with the Government's regulations on fortification of micronutrients the deficiency of which will affect community health;
c/ To provide adequate and accurate information on products on their labels and packages or in documents accompanying food under the law on goods labeling;
d/ To establish a self-inspection process in the course of food production:
e/ To provide truthful information on food safety: to give timely, adequate and accurate warnings about the risk of food to become unsafe and provide preventive methods for sellers and consumers; to notify requirements on the transportation, storage, preservation and use of food:
f/ To promptly suspend food production, notify concerned parties of and take consequence remedies upon detecting unsafe food or food unconformable with announced standards or relevant technical regulations:
g/ To keep dossiers, food samples and necessary information under regulations on tracing of food origin; to comply with regulations on tracing of origins of unsafe foods under Article 54 of this Law;
h/ To recall and dispose of food which has passed their shelf life or are unsafe. In case foods are to be destroyed, the food destruction must comply with the law on environmental protection and other relevant laws and food producers shall bear all expenses for destruction;
i/ To comply with law as well as. inspection or examination decisions of competent state agencies;
j/ To pay sampling and testing expenses as prescribed in Article 48 of this Law;
k/ To pay compensations under law for damage caused by unsafe food they produce.
Article 8. Rights and obligations of food traders
1. Foods traders have the following rights:
a/ To decide on internal control measures to maintain food quality, hygiene and safety;
b/ To request food producers and importers to cooperate in recalling and disposing of unsafe food:
c/ To select testing establishments to inspect food safety; to select testing establishments already designated for certification of regulation conformity for imported food;
d/ To lodge complaints and denunciations and file lawsuits under law;
e/ To get compensations for damage under law.
2. Foods traders have the following obligations:
a/ To comply with conditions for food safety assurance in the course of trading and take responsibility for the safety of food they trade in;
b/ To inspect food origins and labels and documents related to food safety; to keep dossiers on food; to comply with regulations on tracing of origins of unsafe food under Article 54 of this Law;
c/ To supply truthful information of food safety; to notify consumers of safety assurance conditions in the course of food transportation, storage, preservation and use:
d/ To promptly provide information on risks of food to become unsafe and methods of risk prevention to consumers upon receiving warnings of food producers or importers;
e/ To promptly suspend their trading operation and inform food producers or importers and consumers of unsafe food upon detecting such food:
f/ To promptly report to a competent agency on a food poisoning or a disease borne by foods they trade in and promptly remedy its consequences upon detecting it;
g/ To cooperate with food producers and importers and competent state agencies in investigating food poisoning cases in order to remedy consequences, recall or dispose of unsafe food;
h/ To comply with law as well as inspection or examination decisions of competent state agencies;
i/ To pay food sampling and testing expenses as specified in Article 48 of this Law;
j/ To pay compensations under law for damage caused by unsafe food they trade in.
Article 9. Rights and obligations of food consumers
1. Food consumers have the following rights:
a/ To be provided with truthful information on food safety, and appropriate instructions for food use. transportation, storage, preservation, selection and use; to be informed of risks of food to become unsafe and methods of risk prevention upon receiving warnings;
b/ To request food producers and traders to protect their interests under law;
c/ To request consumer interest protection organizations to protect their lawful rights and interests under the law on consumer interest protection:
d/To lodge complaints and denunciations and file lawsuits under law;
e/ To get compensations under law for their damage caused by consumption of unsafe food.
2. Food consumers have the following obligations:
a/ To fully comply with regulations and guidance of food producers and traders on food safety in transportation, storage, preservation and use:
b/ To promptly provide information on risks of food to become unsafe upon detecting these risks, and report food poisonings and food-home diseases to the nearest People's Committee, medical examination and treatment establishments, competent state agencies and food producers and traders:
c/ To comply with the law on environmental protection in the course of food consumption.
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Luật an toàn thực phẩm 2010 (Bản Word)