Vietnamese exporters updated on US import regulations
Friday, June 9,2017AsemconnectVietnam - Vietnam’s food and beverage exports to the US are growing and likely to do so for many years, but manufacturers need to be aware of that country’s requirements, an American expert told a seminar in HCM City on June 7.
Under the 2011 Food Safety Modernisation Act, registration of a food facility must be renewed every even-numbered year. “Facilities must consent to FDA inspection, and failure to renew results in invalidated registration,” Lennarz said.
“The FDA removed thousands of food facility registrations that were not properly renewed in 2017 from its registration database on February 1, and Vietnamese registration has decreased by 45 percent to 806 in 2017. Vietnamese manufacturers do not fully understand US import regulations,” he explained.
Lennarz also updated the seminar on the Food Canning Establishment Registration, New Nutrition Labeling Requirements, Foreign Supplier Verification Programme and Food safety Modernisation Act.
Vietnam is the US’s 16th biggest trade partner, with bilateral trade growing at around 20 percent annually.
This year, as of the end of April, Vietnam’s exports to the US were worth 12.4 billion USD, 20 percent of its total exports and 8.7 percent higher year-on-year.
The major products included seafood, garment and textile, footwear, wood and furniture, computers, electronic accessories and products, and agricultural products.
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