MAXIMUM FREQUENCY RATE OF ASSESSMENT SERVING PERIODIC EVALUATION OF FOOD PRODUCTION IS 18 MONTHS
On December 25, 2018, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development issues the Circular No. 38/2018/TT-BNNPTNT on prescribing assessment and certification of compliance with food safety regulations of agro-forestry-fishery food manufacturing and trading businesses under the management of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
To be specific, regulations on the frequency rate of assessment serving periodic evaluation purposes shall be applied to agro-forestry-fishery food production and trading businesses as follows:
- Rank-A businesses: 1 time/ 18 months;
- Rank-B businesses: 1 time/ 12 months;
- Rank-C businesses: The time of re-assessment shall vary depending on the degree of defect of each business subject to the assessment and must be decided by the assessment body provided that such re-assessment is made at the time after 3 months from the time of the assessment giving them the rank C. If the time of the assessment coincides with the farming season that has already been completed, the re-assessment shall commence at the beginning of the succeeding season.
This Circular takes effect on February 07, 2019.
