GENERAL INFORMATION

Quality control 

Quality control and food safety assurance have always been one of the most important task for Vietnam seafood, especially in processing and exporting.

The fishery sector in recent years have been developing towards sustainability, ensuring exported seafood products can be easy for traceability and well – controlled quality in the whole chain production from seeds to finished products.

Seafood quality and food safety is managed in the chain transferred from Control of Final Products from 80s of last century to Control of Production Process (today).  

Chemicals and Residues Monitoring

Residues Monitoring Program for Certain Harmful Substances in aquaculture fish and products implemented since 2000 in over the country including concentrated aquaculture areas, species with large yield, all crops in all year round. These results are recognized by the U.S, EU, South Korea..

Post harvest seafood quality and safety monitoring program implemented since 2009 in over the country including fishing seafood, aquaculture products (criteria and species not included by the Residues Monitoring Program for Certain Harmful Substances in aquaculture fish and products).

Up to now, almost Vietnamese plants have been meeting national standards of hygiene, 100% plants applied HACCP, 692 EU-qualified (EU code) plants and many factories applied GMP, SSOP. 

List of Vietnam seafood producers qualified to export to markets  

List of Vietnam seafood producers qualified to export to markets

(Updated: May 2024)

No

Export markets

Update time

1

South Korean

2 Feb 2016

2

China

8 Feb 2021

3

Argentine

18 Oct 2017

4

El Salvado

4 March 2016 

5

List of bivalve molluck processors exporting to EU

18 May 2021

6

Taiwan

25 Nov 2019
7 Updated list of fishery processing establishments approved by NAFIQAD for export

27 Oct 2023

 

Food safety

(vasep.com.vn) On 16-17 October 2014, right after the 3rd Steering Committee Meeting of Shrimp Standard of ASEAN (held in 14 – 15 October 2014 in Bangkok, Thailand), the stakeholders in the region seafood industry continued to gather to discuss about the Fisheries Improvement Project protocol.

(vasep.com.vn) After review carried out by Nafiqad, 60 Vietnamese seafood companies are recognized satisfying both Vietnam’s and the Customs Union’s regulations on food safety and disease controls.

(vasep.com.vn) On 14th October, National Agro-Forestry-Fisheries Quality Assurance Department (NAFIQAD) and Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development issued document No. 2012 / QLCL-CL1 on seafood export registration to Russia and Eurasian Customs Union.

(vasep.com.vn) General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of China (AQSIQ) approved more 2 live tiger shrimp packaging facilities and 21 black tiger shrimp farms in Vietnam to export to China.

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued guidance recommending certain seafood processors take steps to minimise risk of ciguatera fish poisoning (CFP).

(vasep.com.vn) Traceability is now compulsorily required for food exporters. This requirement comes from the government, independent standards organizations, and also from consumers to ensure food hygiene and safety.

Vietnamese companies were urged to carefully study the European Union (EU)'s requirements for imports to maximise opportunities arising from Viet Nam's impending free trade agreement (FTA) with the trade bloc.

Seafood products such as tiger shrimp, white legged-shrimp and tra fish in the Mekong Delta and other southern provinces have been found to have no toxic antibiotic in a quality examination of a relevant inspection agency.

(vasep.com.vn) Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) announced the removal of suspension on importing seafood into Russia and Eurasian Customs Union from 7 Vietnam companies, including 5 frozen Pangasius producers and 2 frozen shrimp processors.

Russia’s recent decision to ban fruit, vegetables, meat, fish, milk and dairy imports from the US, the EU, Australia, Canada and Norway creates opportunities for Vietnamese businesses to expand exports to the Eurasian country.

(vasep.com.vn) Australian Television ABC has recently broadcasted a programme on Vietnam's aquaculture farms in which presents positive comments on seafood imported from Vietnam.

(vasep.com.vn) Vietnamese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has recently approved the proposal on improving the value agricultural, forestry and fishery products and reducing post-harvest losses through the reorganization of the production chain and exported products structure. To reach these targets, MARD will focus on increasing the proportion of value-added products, reducing post-harvest losses and enhancing the product quality and food safety.

vasep.com.vn) The Mekong Delta city of Can Tho is carrying out several projects that comply with the Ethnical Aquaculture Food Index (EAFI) standards set by Vietnam, Thailand, China and Bangladesh.


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