From June 27, instant noodles exported from Vietnam to the EU market will not be required to be accompanied by a food safety inspection certificate issued by a competent Vietnamese agency.

According to the Vietnam News Agency correspondent in Brussels, on June 7, the European Union (EU) published an amendment to Regulation 2019/1973 on emergency measures to control food exports to the EU. Accordingly, the EU has officially brought Vietnam's instant noodles from Appendix II (control by food safety certificates and control at border gates) to Appendix I with the inspection frequency at the border is 20%.

Accordingly, the EU has officially brought Vietnam's instant noodles from Appendix II (control by food safety certificates and control at border gates) to Appendix I with the inspection frequency at the border is 20%. illustration

Also in this Regulation, bell peppers from Vietnam are still in Appendix I with 50% inspection frequency at the border gate. Okra and dragon fruit are still included in Appendix II with inspection frequency of 50% and 20% respectively. This means that agricultural commodities are unchanged from the regulation of 6 months ago.
With its efforts, only 6 months after the EU approved the emergency control regulations for Vietnamese vermicelli, vermicelli and noodles (effective from January 1, 2022), the Vietnam Trade Office in Belgium and the EU have successfully persuaded the EU to remove vermicelli, vermicelli and rice products from the list of food safety management and 18 months later, successfully put instant noodles from Appendix II (controlled by certificate of approval). and at the border gate) to Appendix I (control at the border gate).

This demonstrates the great and timely efforts of the Ministry of Industry and Trade in food safety control as well as actively supporting businesses to solve difficulties.
According to Vietnam Trade Counselor in Belgium and the EU, Tran Ngoc Quan, the fact that the EU still maintains control at the border gate with a frequency of 20% requires Vietnam to always maintain good food safety control for food products. instant noodles.

If in the last 6 months of 2023, Vietnam's instant noodles exported to the EU have many violations of food safety regulations, the next EU roadmap will be to increase supervision to 50% at border gates and after which is brought back to Appendix II.

This forces Vietnamese instant noodle exporters to strictly comply with EU regulations, continuously control food safety well, including considering applying voluntary measures such as self-testing. at reputable laboratories for instant noodle shipments to the EU.
Korea is one of the famous countries that produce instant noodles. However, for many years, it has not been successful to convince the EU to drop quality supervision and is currently still in Appendix I with a 20% inspection frequency like Vietnam.