THE STANDING COMMITTEE OF NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
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SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM
Independence - Freedom - Happiness
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No: 12/2003/PL-UBTVQH11
Hanoi, July 26, 2003
 ORDINANCE
ON FOOD HYGIENE AND SAFETY
(No. 12/2003/PL-UBTVQH11 of July 26, 2003)
In order to protect human lives and health, maintain and develop our race; to enhance the efficiency of the State management over food hygiene and safety;
Pursuant to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam's 1992 Constitution which was amended and supplemented under Resolution No.51/2001/QH10 of December 25, 2001 of the Xth National Assembly, the 10th session;
Pursuant to Resolution No.12/2002/QH11 of December 16, 2002 of the XIth National Assembly, the 2nd session, on the law- and ordinance-making programs of the National Assembly for the XIth Legislature (2002-2007) and 2003;
This Ordinance prescribes food hygiene and safety.
Chapter I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1.- This Ordinance prescribes the assurance of food hygiene and safety in the process of food production and business; the prevention and overcoming of food poisoning and diseases transmitted via food.
Article 2.- Vietnamese organizations, households and individuals as well as foreign organizations and individuals, that are engaged in food production and business in the Vietnamese territory, must abide by the provisions of this Ordinance and other relevant provisions of law. In cases where the international treaties which the Socialist Republic of Vietnam has signed or acceded to contain provisions different from those of this Ordinance, such international treaties shall apply.