Chapter II
PROCEDURES FOR ISSUANCE AND REVOCATION OF CERTIFICATE OF FOOD SAFETY
Article 4. Application for Certificate of Food safety
1. With regard to the initial issuance, the application shall include:
a) An application form using the Form No. 1a (with regard to producing establishment) or Form No. 1b (with regard to trading establishment) in Annex I enclosed herewith;
b) Certificate of Business registration or Certificate of Enterprise registration or Investment Certificate that covers food manufacture or food trading (a copy certified by the applicant);
c) A description of facilities using Form No. 2a (if the applicant is a producer) or Form No. 2b (if the applicant is a seller) in Annex II enclosed herewith;
d) A certificate of training in food safety the owner and people who directly produces or trades food (a copy certified by the applicant)
dd) A Health Certificate for food production and trading of the owner as well as people who directly produces or trades food product (a copy certified by the applicant)
2. With regard to the application for reissuance of Certificate due to damage or loss of the Certificate, an application form for reissuance using Form No. 1c in Annex I enclosed herewith shall be included and sent to the authorized agency who issued the old certificate for reissuance
3. With regard to the reissuance due to the relocation of the premises; the innovation of manufacturing process, products, or due to the expiration of the Certificate, the application shall include an application form for reissuance using Form No. 1c in Annex I enclosed herewith and the documents prescribed in point b, c, d, dd Clause 1 of this Article.
4. For the application for reissuance due to the change in name of the establishment, the owner or the authorized person or due to the change of the address without relocation or change of the manufacturing process, the application shall include:
a) An application form for reissuance using Form No. 1c in Annex I enclosed herewith;
b) Certificate of fulfillment of food safety conditions (a copy certified by the applicant);
c) Documents, papers proving the change (a copy authenticated by competent agencies).
Article 5. Procedures for Certificate issuance
Competent agencies defined in Article 6 of this Circular are responsible for receiving, examining the conformity of the applications, carry out an on-site inspection, and issue the Certificate to applicants that satisfy food safety conditions. Procedures for the issuance:
1. For initial issuance
a) Receive, examine the conformity of the application
Within 05 working days from the day on which the application is received, the authorized agency shall examine the conformity of the documents; if the application is not satisfactory, the authorized agency shall make a written response providing the notification and request for supplement. After 30 working days from the day on which the notification is sent, if the establishment does not make any response, competent licensing agency may cancel the application.
b) Set up an inspectorate
Within 15 working days from the day on which the application is concluded to be sufficient and conformable, the competent agency shall carry out an on-site inspection. If the competent agency authorizes an inferior agency to carry out the inspection, there must be a letter of attorney. After the inspection, such authorized agency shall submit the result to the authorizing agency as the basis for the issuance of the Certificate;
The inspectorate is decided by a competent certification agency or an authorized evaluation agency. The inspectorate shall include from 03 to 05 members, 2/3 of whom work as specialists or managers in food safety (an expert in a relevant field may be invited to join the inspectorate). Head of the inspectorate is responsible for the result of the on-site inspection.
c) The contents of the on-site inspection.
The evaluation commission is responsible for:
Examining the legitimacy of the application, making a comparison between the information in the application and the original retained at the food premises;
Evaluating the food safety conditions at the premises according to the regulation
d) The result of the inspection
The inspection result must specify whether the establishment is “Passed”, “Partially passed” or “Failed” in the evaluation record of food safety conditions for food producing establishment using Form No. 3a or in evaluation record on food safety conditions for food producers using Form No. 3b in Annex III enclosed herewith;
A food establishment will be issued with the Certificate of Food Safety when the trading condition of at least 1 group of products is considered “Passed”. The groups of satisfactory products will be noted in the Certificate of Food safety;
If the result is “Partially passed” or “Failed”, the evaluation record must contain the explanation. If the result is “Partially passed”, rectification must be made within 60 days. When the rectification is completed at the request of the evaluation commission, the establishment shall submit to a competent agency the rectification report using Form No. 4 in Annex IV enclosed herewith so as for re-inspection as prescribed in point c of this Clause. Maximum time limit for re-inspection is 15 working days from the day on which the rectification report is received;
If the result of the re-inspection is “Failed” again, the authorized agency shall request the local regulatory bodies to supervise and request the establishment not to operate until the Certificate is issued;
The evaluation record shall be made in 02 copies with equal value, 01 is kept by the evaluation commission and 01 is kept by the establishment.
dd) The issuance of the Certificate
With regard to the establishment passed the evaluation, within 07 working days from the day on which the result is received, competent agencies shall issue the Certificate using Form No. 5a (for food producers evaluated by the Ministry of Industry and Trade), Form No. 5b (for food sellers evaluated by the Ministry of Industry and Trade), Form No. 5c (for food producers evaluated by the Service of Industry and Trade) or Form No. 5d (for food sellers evaluated by the Service of Industry and Trade) in Annex V enclosed herewith.
2. For the reissuance due to damage or loss of the Certificate:
Within 10 working days from the day on which the satisfactory application is received, based on the archived documents, the competent agency who issued the certificate shall consider the reissuance, if the application is rejected, there must be written notification containing the explanation.
3. The reissuance due to the relocation of production/trade; the change in manufacturing process, products and due to the expiration
Procedures for reissuance are carried out according to the regulation in Clause 1 of this Article.
4. The reissuance due to the change in name of the establishment, the owner or the authorized person, the change in address without relocation and the whole manufacturing process, branches.
Procedures for reissuance are carried out according to the regulation in Clause 2 of this Article.
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