EU increases warnings on agricultural, food and seafood products from Vietnam.

EU warns of increased frequency of inspections on some Vietnamese agricultural products

The European Union (EU) is increasing the number of warnings about animal and plant quarantine measures, causing some Vietnamese agricultural products exported to this market to be subject to stricter border inspection frequencies such as dragon fruit, chili, okra and durian.

The frequency of border inspections may continue to increase if we do not have timely solutions. Currently, the code monitoring rate is still not up to standard. For example, durian monitoring only reaches 52% in growing areas and 47% in packing facilities.

The EU will continue to periodically review these measures. Currently, only a few localities are really interested and have full and timely responses.

The EU does not regulate the volume of goods, so sometimes only a few dozen kilograms of chili exported are inspected and warned of violations. For the group of goods with high warning levels, if there are no timely solutions to correct and improve, the EU may not allow them to be imported.

Accordingly, agricultural, food and aquatic products that have been warned by the EU in the past include: Vegetables, fruits, spices and products of plant origin (such as dragon fruit, chili, cinnamon, okra, rambutan); Aquatic products (including fish, squid, shrimp, frogs, clams, etc.); Other processed products (such as basil essential oil, coconut jam, pho noodles).

The EU is increasing the number of warnings on animal and plant quarantine measures

Compliance with technical barriers to agricultural product safety standards

The EU is increasing warnings on Vietnamese agricultural, food and aquatic products due to the trend of European countries increasing food safety and animal and plant disease safety (SPS) measures on imported agricultural, food and aquatic products. When the consumer market not only requires products with a high level of safety and traceability, but also must be exploited reasonably and reduce emissions.

To limit similar warnings, growing and farming areas need to comply with Vietnam's regulations on the use of pesticides and antibiotics; comply with and update food safety and disease safety measures of the import market. At the same time, it is necessary to strengthen the connection between raw material areas, packaging, preliminary processing and processing facilities, and convert farming models to suit the European market.

Enterprises, packaging, preliminary processing and processing facilities need to comply with and regularly update the regulations of Vietnam and the import market on food safety and disease safety during the production process. Especially, it is necessary to do a good job of tracing the origin.

Source: VTV