CIRCULAR guide assigned functional coordination governance of food safety and hygiene _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ to enforce the Ordinance on food safety of 12/2003/PL-UBTVQH11 on July 26, 2003 and Decree No. 163/2004/ND-CP 07tháng 9, 2004 detailing the Government's implementation of some articles of the Ordinance on food safety contact President, Ministry of health, Ministry of agriculture and rural development a guide assigned to coordinate implementation of State management functions on hygiene, food safety as follows: i. GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES in the GOVERNANCE of FOOD SAFETY 1. The Ministry of health is responsible for a) presiding, in cooperation with the Ministry of agriculture and rural development, building and implementation of strategies, policies and plans on sanitation, safe food approved;
b) enactment and implementation of these legal texts, rules, standards, processes, rules on hygiene and safety for food was processed through the circulation on the market;
c) specified the maximum permitted residues of hazardous chemicals, food additives, the maximum limit of microbial contamination for food over processed;
d) General rules on hygiene, safety conditions for the manufacturing, processing, food business took over the processing including production conditions, equipment and instruments; ask about health, knowledge, practices, hygiene and food safety of the production, the food business;
DD) Organization made confirmation of published standards of food safety for the food products consumed in the country;
e) construction and implementation of the plan of work of information, advocacy, dissemination of legal texts, legal knowledge; scientific research, technology, training, fostering human resources and the international cooperation on food safety, hygiene; the Organization confirmed the information content of ads for food;
g) implement state management on hygiene, food safety for food took over production processing, circulation in water for domestic consumption;
h) organizations make the microorganism pollution control and conservation residual toxic chemicals (including food supplements) for food except a product of animal origin in fresh form and preliminary processing of circulation on the market.
2. The Ministry of agriculture and rural development is responsible for a) detailed instructions implementing strategies, policies, planning, plan on food safety, hygiene of the agricultural sector;
b) enactment and implementation of the legal text, standards, regulations, legal processes, ensure food safety, hygiene with respect to:-the production process from the cultivation, extraction, harvesting, production, slaughtering, processing, preservation, transportation of agricultural products until being taken out of circulation on the market;
-Products of animal origin food fresh, processing in circulation on the market;
-Agricultural products export and import;
c) management for the safety of food of animal origin and the preliminary circulating fresh on the market, export and import;
d) specific provisions on hygiene, safety conditions for production facilities, sales of food of animal origin in fresh and processing;
DD) Organization building and implementing information, advocacy, dissemination of legal texts, legal knowledge; scientific research, technology, training, fostering human resources and the international cooperation on food safety, hygiene for food of animal origin;
e) organizations make the microorganism pollution control and conservation residual toxic chemicals for food specified in point b, c paragraph 2, item 1 of this circular.
II. RESPONSIBILITIES In PREVENTION, OVERCOMING FOOD POISONING And DISEASES TRANSMITTED Through FOOD 1. The Ministry of health is responsible for a) build and implement plans to prevent, remedy and food poisoning; the investigation determined the cause, basis of the meal causes food, causes and root causes;
b) deploy preventative measures, overcome food poisoning and diseases transmitted through food;
c) Organization directs the disposal, treatment for food poisoning and diseases transmitted through food;
d) Guide and direct the implementation of the analysis of the risk of contamination of the food; Census, survey and store the data on preventing, overcoming food poisoning and diseases transmitted through food;
DD) declared the risk of the disease can be transmitted through food;
e) Guide and direct the implementation of the advocacy, dissemination of knowledge and practice about the prevention of food poisoning for production, business and consumers;
g) regulations report on preventing, overcoming food poisoning and diseases transmitted through food.
2. The Ministry of agriculture and rural development is responsible for a) build and plan organization advocacy, dissemination of knowledge and practice about the prevention of food poisoning for the production, the food business in fresh form preliminary processing;
b) governing and directing implementation of the manufacturing process to ensure food safety for the food before making circulation on the market;
c) announced the animal disease to collaboration, Organization for disease control in the range is assigned;
d) manages and directs the production to ensure the safety and hygiene with regard to:-agricultural products from farming, mining, harvesting, production, slaughtering, processing, preservation, shipping before circulation to the market;
-Agricultural products import, export;
DD) in collaboration with the Ministry of health and the ministries concerned in determining the cause of the food poisoning and diseases transmitted through food when the food poisoning occurred;
e) in the event of food poisoning is responsible for cooperation with the people's Committee, the Ministry of health and the ministries concerned to overcome and deal with the consequences.
III. Responsibility For COORDINATION Of INSPECTION, Test And HANDLE BREACH Of The IMPLEMENTATION Of The RULES On FOOD HYGIENE And SAFETY 1. The Ministry of health is responsible for a) build and organize inspection plan, inspection of hygiene and food safety, on the national scope and handling the offense under the provisions of the law;
b) chaired the evaluation, inspection of food processing establishments are at high risk;
c) chaired the handling, recovery, specify the source for agricultural food products does not guarantee food safety and hygiene, traffic on the market;
d) performed the inspection, test, handle the violation of laws on food safety, and hygiene.
2. The Ministry of agriculture and rural development is responsible for a) organizing and directing the inspection, inspection on hygiene, safety, agricultural products and processed agricultural products violated food products in the range is assigned;
b) inspected, tested on hygiene, safety for agricultural products in the process of cultivation, animal husbandry, mining, harvesting, slaughter in fresh form, preliminary processing, storage, transportation, circulation and export market;
c) inspection, checking the processing of food raw materials does not guarantee the hygiene standards of food safety has not passed veterinary quarantine was put into circulation, used in food processing;
d) in collaboration with the Ministry of health inspection, checking the processing, recovery, traceability of agricultural products, food products, food products of animal origin are infected with the disease-causing microorganism agent, causing the epidemic.
IV. IMPLEMENTATION 1. Responsible organizations implementing a) Ministry of health assigned to the Bureau of food safety and hygiene is the clue to help The implementation of this circular;

b) Ministry of agriculture and rural development, delivered to the Service of science and technology is a clue to help The implementation of this circular.
2. Effective enforcement of this circular have the effect after 15 days from the date The report. In the process, if there are difficulties, obstacles and suggest the bodies, timely reflection of Unit Ministry of health, Ministry of agriculture and rural development to coordinate two sets settled under the authority or the State Agency has the authority to review the decision.