Countries race to build barriers: Exporting agricultural products that are freeloaders can easily be banned in Vietnam

Published 2024년 1월 22일

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New EU regulations on food safety control will impact Vietnamese products entering the EU market, with bell peppers, instant noodles, durian, okra, and dragon fruit subject to border gate supervision and inspection frequencies. The EU has issued multiple warnings for violations of agricultural products from Vietnam, primarily due to chemical residues exceeding thresholds, even leading to shipments being destroyed by Japanese quarantine agencies. Violations of importing countries' regulations pose a significant threat to the reputation and continued access to international export markets for Vietnamese agricultural products, with markets like China and the EU imposing strict guidelines and potential bans on non-compliant goods.

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Source: vietnamnet.vn Continuously receiving warnings Recently, the Vietnam Trade Office in Belgium and the EU announced new EU regulations on emergency and temporary measures for food safety control applicable to some imported goods. Accordingly, Vietnamese products entering the EU market will be subject to border gate supervision including bell peppers, instant noodles and durian with inspection frequencies of 50%, 20% and 10% respectively. Thus, this is the first time Vietnamese durian exported to the EU has been subject to pesticide residue inspection at the border gate with a frequency of 10%. Also in this regulation, okra and dragon fruit are still in Appendix II (additionally requiring a quality certificate from Vietnam) with inspection frequencies of 50% and 20%, respectively, at EU border gates. Durian exported to the EU is subject to pesticide residue control (Photo: Manh Khuong) In fact, in the past year, the EU has repeatedly issued warnings of violations for ...

Source: AgroInfo.vn