(vasep.com.vn) NAFIQAD sent an official letter to DG-Sanco to require this agency to add more 32 Vietnamese seafood companies into its list of foreign exporters, as well as amend the information of 16 companies and withdraw 4 other companies from the list.
National Agro–Forestry-Fisheries Quality Assurance Department (NAFIQAD) announced that the Directorate General for Health and Consumers (DG-Sanco) scheduled to issue the list of foreign companies permitted to export seafood products to the EU on its website (http://ec.europa.eu) on September 20th 2013. The new list will come into effect since October 4th 2013.
NAFIQAD asked Vietnamese seafood exporters to the EU listed by DG-Sanco actively update and check their information noted on DG-Sanco’s website. They need to inform NAFIQAD, in case of any errors, by official letter, in order to require DG-Sanco to amend before the implementation of the list.
The fully updated list will be also announced on NAFIQAD’s website (www.nafiqad.gov.vn) immediately after it comes into effect. The subjected companies should follow up new information on NAFIQAD’s website in order to comply with regulations set by the European Commission.