Japanese experts praised the management and control of seafood safety andhygiene at Vietnam ’s processing factories, according to the Vietnam Associationof Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).
A delegation from thePharmaceutical and Food Safety Bureau (PFSB) under the Japanese Ministry ofHealth, Labour and Welfare is currently in Vietnam to inspect the country’sseafood safety and hygiene system.
During the March 14-19 working visit,the delegation focuses on assessing the management and distribution ofveterinary medicines as well as the control of forbidden chemical and antibioticresidues in Vietnam ’s seafood products exported to Japan .
Thedelegation will examine five seafood processing factories and fishing port inPhan Thiet in the central province of Binh Thuan .
At a working sessionwith the Japanese delegation, representatives from the National Agriculture,Forestry and Fisheries Quality Administrative Directorate of Vietnam (NAFIQAD)suggested cooperation in assessing the department’s capacity to respond to theresults of inspections in order to avoid a double inspection on Vietnam’sseafood exported to Japan, looking towards the signing of a cooperationagreement in controlling the quality of seafood import-export products betweenthe two countries.
A PFSB representative recommended NAFIQAD cooperatewith many relevant ministries and agencies in identifying and upgradingprohibited aquaculture facilities as well as supervising and controlling thesale of veterinary medicine.
Since a decision on the application ofurgent measures to control chemical and antibiotic residue in seafood exports toJapan was implemented, the rate of batches of Vietnamese seafood found tocontain forbidden antibiotic residues by Japan has sharply decreased from 4.6percent in the last six months of 2006 to 0.39 percent in 2009.
According to the General Department of Customs, Vietnam ’s seafoodexport turnover to Japan reached 757.9 million USD, including 493.6 million USDfrom frozen shrimp and 4.03 million USD from tra fish./.
A delegation from thePharmaceutical and Food Safety Bureau (PFSB) under the Japanese Ministry ofHealth, Labour and Welfare is currently in Vietnam to inspect the country’sseafood safety and hygiene system.
During the March 14-19 working visit,the delegation focuses on assessing the management and distribution ofveterinary medicines as well as the control of forbidden chemical and antibioticresidues in Vietnam ’s seafood products exported to Japan .
Thedelegation will examine five seafood processing factories and fishing port inPhan Thiet in the central province of Binh Thuan .
At a working sessionwith the Japanese delegation, representatives from the National Agriculture,Forestry and Fisheries Quality Administrative Directorate of Vietnam (NAFIQAD)suggested cooperation in assessing the department’s capacity to respond to theresults of inspections in order to avoid a double inspection on Vietnam’sseafood exported to Japan, looking towards the signing of a cooperationagreement in controlling the quality of seafood import-export products betweenthe two countries.
A PFSB representative recommended NAFIQAD cooperatewith many relevant ministries and agencies in identifying and upgradingprohibited aquaculture facilities as well as supervising and controlling thesale of veterinary medicine.
Since a decision on the application ofurgent measures to control chemical and antibiotic residue in seafood exports toJapan was implemented, the rate of batches of Vietnamese seafood found tocontain forbidden antibiotic residues by Japan has sharply decreased from 4.6percent in the last six months of 2006 to 0.39 percent in 2009.
According to the General Department of Customs, Vietnam ’s seafoodexport turnover to Japan reached 757.9 million USD, including 493.6 million USDfrom frozen shrimp and 4.03 million USD from tra fish./.
