<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) The “Moringa Noodles Salad” product by Sa Giang Import-Export Corporation was honored as one of the “Top 10 Winning Products” at the THAIFEX – Anuga taste Innovation Show 2026, held as part of THAIFEX – Anuga Asia 2026 in Bangkok.
(seafood.vasep.com.vn) After a fairly strong upward trend in 2025, Vietnam’s clam exports entered 2026 with a mixed picture: strong growth at the beginning of the year, followed by a slowdown from March onward. According to Vietnam Customs data, Vietnam’s clam export turnover in the first four months of 2026 reached more than USD 38 million, up 2% compared to the same period in 2025.
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(seafood.vasep.com.vn) Vietnam’s tilapia exports in April 2026 reached USD 11 million, up 92% compared to the same period in 2025. This strong growth indicates that Vietnamese tilapia products are continuing to penetrate and expand rapidly in international markets. Cumulative export turnover in the first four months of 2026 reached USD 49 million, up 151% year-on-year.
(seafood.vasep.com) At VietShrimp Asia 2026, disease management trends in shrimp farming are shifting strongly from treatment-based approaches toward proactive prevention through environmental and pond ecosystem control.
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(vasep.com.vn) In the first quarter of 2026, Vietnam’s pangasius exports to the ASEAN bloc reached USD 44 million, up 7% compared to the same period in 2025. After falling to the lowest level of the quarter at USD 9 million in February — reflecting the seasonal slowdown in orders after the festive period — exports recovered strongly to USD 18 million in March, the highest monthly value of the quarter. This development shows that import demand for pangasius in ASEAN remains relatively stable despite short-term fluctuations.
(seafood.vasep.com.vn) On May 11, 2026, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced a positive comparability finding for Vietnam’s swimming crab fisheries, along with those of Indonesia and Sri Lanka, under the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA). With this decision, seafood and seafood products harvested from Vietnam’s swimming crab fisheries will continue to be eligible for import into the US market.
(seafood.vasep.com.vn) After a slowdown in 2025, Vietnam’s tuna exports to Germany showed more positive signs in the first quarter of 2026. However, the recovery remains uncertain as consumer demand in Germany is still cautious, while market competition is increasingly driven by pricing and supply stability.
(seafood.vasep.com.vn) After a sharp decline in 2025, Vietnam’s tuna exports to Israel are showing positive signs of recovery in the early months of 2026. According to Vietnam Customs data, export turnover to this market grew steadily month by month in Q1/2026, reaching nearly USD 10 million, up 33% compared to the same period in 2025. However, compared to Q1/2024, this level remains significantly lower, indicating that the recovery is still in its early stage following last year’s strong adjustment.
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