Chapter IV
STATE MANAGEMENT OVER FOOD HYGIENE AND SAFETY
Article 42.- The contents of State management over food hygiene and safety shall include:
1. Elaborating and organizing the implementation of strategies, policies, plannings and plans on food hygiene and safety;
2. Promulgating and organizing the implementation of legal documents on food hygiene and safety, the regulations and standards on food hygiene and safety;
3. Elaborating and organizing the implementation of plans to prevent and overcome food poisoning and diseases transmitted via food;
4. Managing the food hygiene and safety testing and experimenting systems;
5. Managing the promulgation of food hygiene and safety standards, the certifications of satisfaction of food hygiene and safety conditions;
6. Organizing scientific and technological research in the field of food hygiene and safety;
7. Providing professional training and fostering on food hygiene and safety;
8. Organizing the work of information, propagation and dissemination of knowledge and legislation on food hygiene and safety;
9. Entering into international cooperation on food hygiene and safety;
10. Inspecting, examining and settling complaints, denunciations and handling violations of the legislation on food hygiene and safety.
Article 43.-
1. The Government shall perform the unified State management over food hygiene and safety.
2. The Health Ministry shall be accountable to the Government for performing the State management over food hygiene and safety.
3. The ministries and branches shall, within the scope of their respective tasks and powers, have to coordinate with the Health Ministry in performing the State management over food hygiene and safety in their assigned fields according to the following principles:
a) The State management over food hygiene and safety in the production process shall be undertaken primarily by the specialized managing ministries or branches, which shall coordinate with the Health Ministry, the concerned ministries and/or branches in the implementation thereof;
b) The State management over food hygiene and safety in the circulation process shall be undertaken primarily by the Health Ministry which shall coordinate with the concerned ministries and/or branches in the implementation thereof.
4. The People's Committees at all levels shall, within the scope of their respective tasks and powers, perform the State management over food hygiene and safety in their respective localities.
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Pháp lệnh vệ sinh an toàn thực phẩm năm 2003 (Bản Word)