<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) Vietfish 2026, the Vietnam International Seafood Exhibition, will officially take place from 19–21 August 2026 in Ho Chi Minh City. As Vietnam’s largest annual seafood trade event, organized by the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP), Vietfish 2026 will once again bring together leading seafood companies, industry experts, and international partners from across the global seafood value chain.
(seafood.vasep.com.vn) Vietnam’s seafood exports reached USD 1.1 billion in July 2026, up 4.8% compared to the same period in 2025. Cumulative exports in the first seven months of the year totaled nearly USD 6.86 billion, an increase of 11.5% year-on-year. Exceeding the USD 1 billion mark in July further reinforces the prospect that Vietnam’s seafood exports could surpass USD 12 billion in 2026. However, the July figures also send a clear signal that the most favorable growth period may have passed: overall export growth slowed to just 4.8%, pangasius exports fell 6.1%, tuna exports were virtually flat, while exports to the EU, South Korea, and the Middle East all recorded double-digit declines.
(vasep.com.vn) As part of the Vietnam Fisheries International Exhibition (Vietfish 2026), the seminar "Global Seafood Market and the Future Workforce: Trends, Opportunities, and Sustainable Development Pathways for Vietnam's Seafood Industry" will take place from 2:00 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. on August 19, 2026, at Convention Room B, Level 2, SECC, Ho Chi Minh City. This is the first of five specialized seminars at Vietfish 2026, focusing on key issues that are shaping the long-term development of Vietnam's seafood industry.
(seafood.vasep.com.vn) Vietnamese seafood exports recorded impressive growth, generating nearly 6 billion USD in revenue during the first six months of the year, up 13% compared with the same period last year.
(seafood.vasep.com.vn) Fishermen in Ha Tinh are gradually overcoming difficulties to maintain the efficiency of seafood exploitation. In the first six months of 2026, the entire province achieved a production of more than 23,000 tons of seafood, worth more than 1,200 billion VND.
(seafood.vasep.com.vn) June 2026 brought encouraging signs for Vietnam's tuna exports, with export value rising 20% year-on-year to nearly USD 72 million. However, this increase has yet to offset the prolonged slowdown seen in key markets such as the European Union (EU), where import demand remains weak. The outlook for the second half of the year is expected to become more challenging as freight rates continue to climb.
(vasep.com.vn) As part of the Vietnam Fisheries International Exhibition (Vietfish 2026), the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP), in collaboration with the Agency for Domestic Market Management and Development under the Ministry of Industry and Trade, will organize the Domestic Seafood Supply–Demand Matching Program on the morning of August 20, 2026, at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Center (SECC), Ho Chi Minh City. The program aims to foster direct business connections between Vietnamese seafood producers and processors and domestic distributors, retailers, and foodservice channels.
(seafood.vasep.com.vn) The Cooking Show will be one of the most engaging experiential highlights of Vietfish 2026. Taking place over three days, from August 19–21, 2026, at Hall B1, SECC, Ho Chi Minh City, the event will offer visitors a vibrant culinary space where Vietnamese seafood is showcased through its flavors, stories, and real-life culinary applications.
(seafood.vasep.com.vn) Vietnam's pangasius exports reached USD 205 million in June 2026, up 5% compared with the same month in 2025. Cumulative export value for the first six months of the year totaled USD 1.1 billion, an increase of 12% year-on-year. Growth was primarily driven by strong demand from China and CPTPP markets, while exports to the United States and Brazil continued to decline.
(seafood.vasep.com.vn) In the first six months of 2026, Ha Tinh province continued to implement comprehensive solutions to combat IUU fishing; strictly manage the fishing fleet, control fishing vessels entering and leaving ports, operate vessel tracking devices, trace the origin of seafood, and severely punish violations.
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