US assesses safety of Vietnam's tra fish exports

The US Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) recently conducted a thorough review of the food hygiene and safety management system pertaining to Vietnamese tra fish exports to the US, according to Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phung Duc Tien.
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Hanoi (VNA) - The US Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS)recently conducted a thorough review of the food hygiene and safety managementsystem pertaining to Vietnamese tra fish exports to the US, according to DeputyMinister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phung Duc Tien.

The review, which took place from August 7 to 22, focused on sixkey components to determine the system’s equivalence.

These components encompassed the supervision of competentauthorities, food safety and consumer protection regulations, microbialanalysis programmes, hygiene oversight and Hazard Analysis and Critical ControlPoint System (HACCP) testing, chemical residue control programmes, andlaboratory testing

In addition to these assessments, the inspection teamvisited 10 processing and export facilities among the 26 enterprises engaged incatfish exports to the US. They also inspected five tra fish farmingfacilities that supply raw materials to processing ones in the MekongDelta localities of Can Tho, Soc Trang, Tien Giang, and Dong Thap.

The initial findings of the inspection have garnered favourableresponses from US authorities, with only minor technical discrepancies detectedat some farms and businesses.

Amid the subdued conditions prevailing in the export market,the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers forecast a15% year-on-year decline in tra fish export revenue to around 2 billion USD./.
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