Documents are one thing, declarations are another, businesses exporting coffee, traditional fish sauce, and cashew nuts are warned by the EU

The Vietnam SPS Office, along with various associations, has received notification from the European Union about issues with Vietnamese exported products. The EU has issued warnings and recalls due to non-compliance with several regulations, including failure to register new food ingredients, incorrect ingredient declarations, presence of illegal food additives, and failure to declare or perform veterinary quarantine for mixed products with animal ingredients. These violations have resulted in concerns, especially with the complexity of EU regulations on new foods and mixed products. The Vietnam SPS Office is advocating for careful study of these regulations to prevent future warnings, aiming to protect exporting businesses from potential risks and to ensure compliance with EU market standards.

The Vietnam SPS Office (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development) has just sent an official dispatch to the Import-Export Department (Ministry of Industry and Trade), together with the Vietnam Beer - Alcohol - Beverage Association, Vietnam Coffee - Cocoa Association, Vietnam Traditional Fish Sauce, Vietnam Cashew Association about the European Union's warning on exported products. Accordingly, this situation has been going on for a while, forcing the EU to warn and recall violating products. The 4 reasons warned by the EU are that businesses have not registered to circulate products containing ingredients from "new foods" in the EU market; businesses declare ingredients in the products that are not in accordance with the records, especially ingredients that can easily cause allergies. In addition, the product contains illegal food additives or exceeds the prescribed level; businesses do not declare or carry out veterinary quarantine at the border gate for "mixed ...