<p style="text-align: justify; line-height: 15pt; margin: 6pt 0in 0pt;background: white; mso-line-height-rule: exactly" class="MsoNormal"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 6pt; line-height: 15pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">According to the report, entitled<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><em>Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council of Food and Food Ingredients treated with ionising radiation for the year 2010</em>, the process was used in 11 member states for a whole range of foods, which included poultry, fish & shellfish, egg products and meat. The quantities treated are very small compared to the total volume of food produced in the EU and there are strict controls on its use.<u1:p></u1:p></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial; "><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin-top: 6pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: 15pt; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">The report explains that Directive 1999/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 February 1999 requires Member States to forward to the Commission every year:<u1:p></u1:p></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial; "><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 6pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0cm; line-height: 15pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol; ">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; "> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">the results of checks carried out in irradiation facilities, in particular regarding the categories and quantities of food and food ingredients treated and the doses administered, and<u1:p></u1:p></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial; "><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 6pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0cm; line-height: 15pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol; ">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; "> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">the results of checks carried out at the product marketing stage and the methods used to detect treatment with ionising radiation.<u1:p></u1:p></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial; "><o:p></o:p></span></p> <h4 style="margin-top: 6pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: 15pt; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Report summary<u1:p></u1:p></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial; "><o:p></o:p></span></h4> <p style="margin-top: 6pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: 15pt; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">In all, 11 countries reported the use of irradiation for foods: Belgium, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Germany, Estonia, Spain, France, Hungary, the Netherlands, Poland and Romania.<u1:p></u1:p></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial; "><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin-top: 6pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: 15pt; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">In total across all 11 countries, 9,263.4 tonnes of food was irradiated in 2010, 48 per cent of which by volume was frogs’ legs. Other volumes of interest were poultry (2,082.1t; 22.5 per cent of the total); fish, shellfish & shrimps (165.8t; 1.8 per cent); egg white/powder (160.6t; 1.7 per cent) and meat (4.2t; 0.05 per cent).<u1:p></u1:p></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial; "><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin-top: 6pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: 15pt; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Of the total, a little over 63 per cent was irradiated in Belgium, 16.6 per cent in the Netherlands and 11.0 per cent in France – the only three countries that irradiated poultry. Belgium and the Netherlands reported irradiating fish, shellfish & shrimps and egg white/powder. Only Belgium treated meat in this way.<u1:p></u1:p></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial; "><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin-top: 6pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: 15pt; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Across the EU in 2010, 6,244 samples of irradiated food were checked for compliance, of which 144 (2.3 per cent) were found to be non-compliant.<u1:p></u1:p></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial; "><o:p></o:p></span></p> <h3 style="margin-top: 6pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: 15pt; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Background on Food Irradiation in the EU</span><span style="font-family: Arial; "><o:p></o:p></span></h3> <u1:p></u1:p> <p style="margin-top: 6pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: 15pt; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">According to DG Health & Consumers group, irradiation is a physical treatment of food with high-energy, ionising radiation. It can be used to prolong the shelf life of food products and/or to reduce health hazards associated with certain products due to the presence of pathogenic micro-organisms.<u1:p></u1:p></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial; "><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin-top: 6pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: 15pt; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">The treatment may be applied for different purposes, such as:<u1:p></u1:p></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial; "><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 6pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0cm; line-height: 15pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol; ">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; "> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Prolongation of the shelf life and prevention of food-borne diseases by reducing the number of viable micro-organisms in meat, poultry and seafood<u1:p></u1:p></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial; "><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 6pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0cm; line-height: 15pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol; ">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; "> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Prevention of germination and sprouting of potatoes, onions and garlic<u1:p></u1:p></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial; "><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 6pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0cm; line-height: 15pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol; ">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; "> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Disinfestation by killing or sterilising insects which infest grains, dried fruit, vegetables or nuts<u1:p></u1:p></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial; "><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 6pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0cm; line-height: 15pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol; ">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; "> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Retardation of ripening and ageing of fruit and vegetables, and<u1:p></u1:p></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial; "><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 6pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0cm; line-height: 15pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol; ">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; "> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Reduction of micro-organisms in spices and herbs.<u1:p></u1:p></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial; "><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin-top: 6pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: 15pt; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">In practice, DG Health & Consumers adds, the use of this technique is rather limited although it is authorised in many countries.<u1:p></u1:p></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial; "><o:p></o:p></span></p> <h4 style="margin-top: 6pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: 15pt; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Irradiation facilities<u1:p></u1:p></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial; "><o:p></o:p></span></h4> <p style="margin-top: 6pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: 15pt; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">According to Article 3(2) of Directive 1999/2/EC, food and food ingredients may be irradiated only in approved irradiation facilities. Irradiation of food and food ingredients may only be carried out by means of the following sources:<u1:p></u1:p></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial; "><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 6pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0cm; line-height: 15pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol; ">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; "> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Gamma rays from radionuclides<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><sup>60</sup>Co or<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><sup>137</sup>Cs<u1:p></u1:p></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial; "><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 6pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0cm; line-height: 15pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol; ">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; "> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">X-rays generated from machine sources operated at or below a nominal energy (maximum quantum energy) level of 5 MeV, and<u1:p></u1:p></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial; "><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 6pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0cm; line-height: 15pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol; ">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; "> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Electrons generated from machine sources operated at or below a nominal energy (maximum quantum energy) level of 10 MeV.<u1:p></u1:p></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial; "><o:p></o:p></span></p> <h4 style="margin-top: 6pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: 15pt; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Irradiated food and food ingredients<u1:p></u1:p></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial; "><o:p></o:p></span></h4> <p style="margin-top: 6pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: 15pt; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">The irradiation of dried aromatic herbs, spices and vegetable seasonings is authorised at EU level by Directive 1999/3/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 February 1999 on the establishment of a Community list of food and food ingredients treated with ionising radiation.<u1:p></u1:p></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial; "><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin-top: 6pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: 15pt; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">In addition, seven Member States have notified that they maintain national authorisations for certain food and food ingredients in accordance with Article 4(4) of Directive 1999/2/EC.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Any irradiated foodstuff containing one or more irradiated food ingredient must be labelled with the words ‘irradiated’ or ‘treated with ionising radiation’.</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial; "><o:p></o:p></span></p> </p>
(seafood.vasep.com.vn) Da Nang City has fully implemented all recommendations from the European Commission (EC) regarding the fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, creating an important foundation for the removal of the “yellow card” in the near future.
(seafood.vasep.com.vn) In Hoa Vang district (Da Nang City), red tilapia farming is demonstrating clear economic efficiency, becoming a promising livelihood that helps many households increase their income. A notable example is the model of Mr. Huynh Ngoc Nam, who operates two red tilapia ponds covering more than 4 hectares, generating stable annual income.
(seafood.vasep.com.vn) In Gia Vien district, tilapia farming—particularly the “duong nghiep” strain—is expanding rapidly and gradually becoming an efficient production model for local farmers. Hatcheries in the area are supplying high-quality, uniform, and disease-free fingerlings, meeting the growing demand for commercial farming.
(seafood.vasep.com.vn) On the afternoon of March 19, Vice Chairman of the Ca Mau Provincial People’s Committee, Le Van Su, chaired a meeting to address bottlenecks and propose solutions to expand the super-intensive whiteleg shrimp farming model using low water exchange and high biosecurity standards (RAS-IMTA).
(seafood.vasep.com.vn) On March 10, 2026, the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee issued Decision No. 1377/QD-UBND approving the Aquatic Animal Disease Prevention and Control Plan for the 2026–2030 period. The decision takes effect from the date of signing and replaces previous plans for the 2021–2030 period that had been issued prior to the administrative merger in Ba Ria – Vung Tau, Binh Duong, and Ho Chi Minh City.
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(seafood.vasep.com.vn) Vinh Long Province is stepping up efforts to develop brackish water shrimp farming in a sustainable direction, identifying it as a key sector in its agricultural structure. In 2026, the province aims to reach around 71,300 hectares of shrimp farming, with an output of over 314,000 tons.
(seafood.vasep.com.vn) Ha Tinh Province is strengthening control over shrimp seed quality to minimize risks for the 2026 spring–summer farming season.
(seafood.vasep.com.vn) In February 2026, Vietnam’s pangasius exports reached USD 119 million, down slightly 5% year-on-year. However, thanks to strong performance in January, cumulative exports in the first two months of the year still reached USD 331 million, up 28% compared to the same period in 2025. Export activity slowed somewhat in February due to seasonal factors, particularly the Lunar New Year holiday, which disrupted production and shipments at many seafood processing enterprises.
(seafood.vasep.com.vn) Da Nang is accelerating the development of high-tech shrimp farming toward intensive production, disease control, and improved efficiency. Many shrimp farms have invested in automated environmental monitoring systems, continuously tracking indicators such as pH, dissolved oxygen, temperature, and salinity, enabling farmers to promptly adjust pond conditions and reduce disease risks.
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