Instant noodles exported to the EU have inspection procedures relaxed.

EU relaxes regulations on instant noodles imported from Vietnam.

The EU has just published Regulation (EU) 2023/1110 signed on June 6, 2023 amending Regulation 2019/1973 on emergency measures to control food exports to the EU.

Accordingly, the EU has officially moved Vietnamese instant noodles from Appendix II (control by food safety certificates and control at border gates) to Appendix I with a border inspection frequency of 20%.

Thus, from June 27, instant noodle products exported from Vietnam will not be required to be accompanied by a food safety inspection certificate issued by a competent authority of Vietnam.

Also in this Regulation, bell peppers from Vietnam are still in Appendix I with a 50% inspection frequency at the border gate; Okra and dragon fruit are still in Appendix II with a 50% and 20% inspection frequency respectively. This means that agricultural products have not changed compared to the regulations of 6 months ago.

The regulation takes effect 20 days after the date of publication in the Official Gazette.

Just 6 months after the EU approved the emergency control regulation for Vietnamese vermicelli, rice noodles (effective from January 1, 2022), Vietnam successfully convinced the EU to remove vermicelli, rice products from the food safety management list and 18 months later, successfully moved instant noodles from Appendix II (control by certificate and at the border) to Appendix I (control at the border).

This demonstrates the great and timely efforts of the Ministry of Industry and Trade in controlling food safety as well as actively supporting businesses in solving difficulties.

However, the EU still maintains border control at a frequency of 20%, requiring Vietnam to always maintain good food safety control for instant noodles.

If in the last 6 months of 2023, Vietnamese instant noodles exported to the EU have many violations of food safety regulations, the next step for the EU will be to increase supervision to 50% at the border gate and then return to Appendix II. If Vietnamese instant noodles are returned to Appendix II (as in the case of Thanh Long), the process of convincing the EU to return to Appendix I will be much more difficult.

Therefore, it is recommended that Vietnamese instant noodle exporting enterprises continuously control food safety well, and even consider applying voluntary measures such as self-testing at reputable laboratories for instant noodle shipments exported to the EU.

(Source: Investment Newspaper)

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